S13800 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and ASTM A148 cast steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 5.7 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 280 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 62 | |
| 13 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 630 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 390 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 37 to 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.3 to 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.3 to 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.3 to 3.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 400 to 3570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 21 to 34 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 9.9 to 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 18 to 38 |