ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A148 cast steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A148 cast steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 390 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 3570 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 16 to 29 |