MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A225 Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and ASTM A225 steel are iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A225 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
190 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
21 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
330 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 580
390 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
620 to 830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
460 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
24 to 25
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
120 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
580 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
22 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
21 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
18 to 24