EN 1.0454 Cast Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1080 Steel
Both EN 1.0454 cast steel and SAE-AISI 1080 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 EN 1.0454 cast steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1080 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 300 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 770 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 480 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 9.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.7 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 80 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 610 to 920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 0.88 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.935 to 100 | |
| 98.1 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |