EN 1.8151 Steel vs. EN 1.1118 Cast Steel
Both EN 1.8151 steel and EN 1.1118 cast steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8151 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1118 cast steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1940 | |
| 700 to 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 70 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 97.2 | |
| 97.3 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |