EN 1.0597 Cast Steel vs. S30615 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0597 cast steel and S30615 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 EN 1.0597 cast steel and the bottom bar is S30615 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.7 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.16 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.935 to 100 | |
| 56.7 to 65.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |