ASTM A732 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A732 cast steel and EN 1.4477 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 A732 cast steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4477 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 440 | |
| 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 25 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 750 | |
| 420 to 490 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 to 73 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1470 | |
| 880 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 1340 | |
| 620 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 430 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 to 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 to 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 to 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 to 50 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 to 7.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 to 8.9 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 to 3.8 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 to 24 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 to 54 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 130 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 4770 | |
| 940 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 52 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 37 | |
| 26 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 43 | |
| 23 to 25 |