ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.4596 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 1030 to 1600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 36 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 29 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 35 to 54 |