ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A148 cast steel and S20910 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 S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 390 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 13 to 45 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 47 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 3570 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.9 to 13 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 17 to 21 |