ASTM A148 Cast Steel vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A148 cast steel and S45503 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A148 cast steel and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 390 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 25 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 13 to 45 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1300 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 1160 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.3 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 53 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 56 to 64 |