ASTM A225 Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both ASTM A225 steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A225 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 250 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 23 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 390 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 830 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 to 25 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 170 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 820 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 29 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 24 | |
| 22 |