S20910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and ASTM A148 cast steel are iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 5.7 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 280 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
| 13 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 630 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 390 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 37 to 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 2.3 to 3.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 400 to 3570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 21 to 34 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 9.9 to 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 18 to 38 |