ASTM A514 Steel vs. ASTM Grade HP Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and ASTM grade HP steel are iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 HP steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
| 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 5.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 34 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 5.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 82 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 170 |
| 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 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 11 |