ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A148 cast steel and EN 1.4378 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 EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 390 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 3570 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 16 to 23 |