EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A414 Steel
Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and ASTM A414 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 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A414 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 250 | |
| 140 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 500 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 700 | |
| 360 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 260 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 49 to 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.2 to 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.3 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 to 280 | |
| 69 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 170 | |
| 100 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 11 to 17 |