EN 1.4869 Casting Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 1345 Steel
EN 1.4869 casting alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1345 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 SAE-AISI 1345 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 230 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 590 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 330 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 | |
| 78 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 290 to 1040 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 19 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.45 to 0.55 | |
| 0.43 to 0.48 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.4 to 23.6 | |
| 97.2 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |