EN 1.4869 Casting Alloy vs. EN 1.7149 Steel
EN 1.4869 casting alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7149 steel belongs to the iron 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 1.4869 casting alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.7149 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 500 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 18 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 15 to 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.45 to 0.55 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.4 to 23.6 | |
| 96.5 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |