AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A217 Cast Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and ASTM A217 cast steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 AISI 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A217 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 to 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 to 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 540 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 270 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 to 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 410 to 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 to 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 26 to 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.3 to 9.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.4 to 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 2.4 to 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 to 87 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 2.5 to 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 190 to 570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 6.9 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 16 to 20 |