ASTM A514 Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 A514 steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
| 180 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 890 |
| 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 | 37 to 51 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 39 to 54 |