ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A148 cast steel and N08020 stainless 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 ASTM A148 cast steel and the bottom bar is N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 47 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 to 7.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.6 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 3570 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.9 to 13 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 15 |