EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A231 Spring Steel
Both EN 1.4913 stainless steel and ASTM A231 spring steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A231 spring steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 480 | |
| 1000 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 1790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
| 1570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 700 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 64 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
| 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |