EN 1.5662 Steel vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Both EN 1.5662 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 5.7 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 280 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 13 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 630 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 390 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 7.3 to 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 8.3 to 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 2.3 to 3.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 400 to 3570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 to 34 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 18 to 38 |