S31254 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1118 Cast Steel
Both S31254 stainless steel and EN 1.1118 cast steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S31254 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1118 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 14 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 320 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 | |
| 700 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 460 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1090 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 97 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 550 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 20.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.4 to 56.3 | |
| 97.3 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.18 to 0.22 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |