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ASTM A217 Cast Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A217 cast steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A217 cast steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 210
270 to 630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 21 to 27
2.2 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
250 to 1020
Poisson's Ratio 0.28 to 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73 to 75
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 710
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 460
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250 to 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410 to 600
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450 to 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410 to 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4 to 7.0
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5 to 2.1
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20 to 28
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 47 to 87
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.5 to 13
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 130
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 570
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 25
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 23
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 20
23 to 84

Comparable Variants