EN 1.1165 Cast Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1165 cast steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1165 cast steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 20 | |
14 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 380 | |
340 to 550 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 780 | |
760 to 1130 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 620 | |
430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
12 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
39 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 100 | |
150 to 220 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 1010 | |
470 to 2370 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 28 | |
28 to 41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 24 | |
24 to 31 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 25 | |
16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.32 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
17 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.6 | |
61.2 to 69 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
11.5 to 14.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
2.3 to 3.7 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |