EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Both EN 1.4024 stainless steel and ASTM A148 cast steel are iron alloys. There are 29 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 EN 1.4024 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 22 | |
| 5.7 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 280 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 750 | |
| 630 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 510 | |
| 390 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 37 to 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 to 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.3 to 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 110 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 660 | |
| 400 to 3570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 21 to 34 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 9.9 to 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 18 to 38 |