ASTM A225 Steel vs. EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A225 steel and EN 1.4062 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A225 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4062 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 23 | |
| 23 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 390 | |
| 410 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 830 | |
| 770 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 530 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 to 25 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 170 | |
| 170 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 820 | |
| 690 to 910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 29 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 24 | |
| 21 to 22 |