EN 1.5662 Steel vs. ASTM A217 Cast Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and ASTM A217 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 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A217 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 to 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 39 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 to 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 540 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 270 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 to 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 410 to 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 to 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 to 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 9.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 8.4 to 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 2.4 to 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 47 to 87 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 190 to 570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 16 to 20 |