ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A148 cast steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 390 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 13 to 45 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 47 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 to 7.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.6 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 3570 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.9 to 13 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 30 to 50 |