EN 1.1233 Steel vs. EN 1.4869 Casting Alloy
EN 1.1233 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 1.4869 casting alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 22 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 1.1233 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4869 casting alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 760 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.52 to 0.6 | |
| 0.45 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99.1 | |
| 11.4 to 23.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |