ASTM A414 Steel vs. EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A414 steel and EN 1.4024 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 A414 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4024 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 26 | |
| 15 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 260 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 590 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 350 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 to 50 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 130 | |
| 98 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 330 | |
| 280 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 21 to 26 |