MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.0454 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.4589 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.0454 cast steel and EN 1.4589 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0454 cast steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4589 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 53
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.7
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
34
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
96
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
13.5 to 15.5
Iron (Fe), % 99.935 to 100
78.2 to 85
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 2.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.3 to 0.5