EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A588 Steel
Both EN 1.4307 stainless steel and ASTM A588 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 EN 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 270 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 320 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 900 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 570 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 43 to 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.3 to 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 210 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 810 | |
| 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 16 |