EN 1.0455 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.0511 Steel
Both EN 1.0455 cast steel and EN 1.0511 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the normalized condition. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. 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 EN 1.0455 cast steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0511 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0.37 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 100 | |
| 97.4 to 99.13 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |