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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A229 Spring Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and ASTM A229 spring steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 A229 spring steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
490 to 550
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
710 to 790
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
72
Shear Strength, MPa 580
1020 to 1140
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
1690 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
1100 to 1230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
200 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
3260 to 4080
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
60 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
40 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
54 to 60

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.55 to 0.85
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 50.9 to 63.7
97.5 to 99
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.3 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 9.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050