ASTM A217 Cast Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A217 cast steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 27 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 A217 cast steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 210 | |
| 280 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 27 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 50 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 to 75 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 710 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 460 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 to 600 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 to 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 to 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 to 7.0 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 2.1 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 28 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 to 87 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 to 13 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 23 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 48 to 64 |