ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. Nickel 685
ASTM A148 cast steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 ASTM A148 cast steel and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 390 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 13 to 45 | |
| 20 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 47 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 3570 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.9 to 13 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 37 |