EN 1.0591 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0591 cast steel and EN 1.4905 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the normalized and tempered condition. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0591 cast steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4905 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 29 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 | |
| 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 660 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 4.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.7 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 | |
| 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.090 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.935 to 100 | |
| 86.2 to 88.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.090 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |