S35500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Both S35500 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 (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 5.7 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 690 to 730 | |
| 280 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1330 to 1490 | |
| 630 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1200 to 1280 | |
| 390 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 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 | 2.2 | |
| 7.3 to 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.3 to 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 2.3 to 3.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3610 to 4100 | |
| 400 to 3570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 to 53 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 37 | |
| 21 to 34 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 9.9 to 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 49 | |
| 18 to 38 |