ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.7231 Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
240 to 280 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
11 to 12 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
360 to 500 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
790 to 930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
570 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
46 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
2.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
51 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
87 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
870 to 1700 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
28 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
24 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
23 to 27 |