ASTM A217 Cast Steel vs. S66286 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A217 cast steel and S66286 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A217 cast steel and the bottom bar is S66286 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 27 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 240 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 to 75 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 710 | |
| 620 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 460 | |
| 280 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 to 600 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 to 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 to 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 to 50 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 to 9.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 to 11 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 to 7.0 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 2.1 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 28 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 to 87 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 to 13 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 570 | |
| 190 to 1150 |
| 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 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 23 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 to 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 13 to 22 |