ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A148 cast steel and EN 1.4913 stainless 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 ASTM A148 cast steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 320 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 480 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 700 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 47 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 to 7.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 3570 | |
| 600 to 1860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.9 to 13 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 31 to 34 |