ASTM A217 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A217 cast steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A217 cast steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 27 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 to 75 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 710 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 460 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 to 600 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 to 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 to 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 to 7.0 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 2.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 28 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 to 87 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 to 13 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 23 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 58 to 63 |