ASTM A514 Steel vs. ASTM Grade HN Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and ASTM grade HN steel are iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HN steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
140 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
9.0 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
500 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
310 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
1080 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1400 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
13 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
26 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
4.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
66 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
180 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
18 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
3.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
11 |