S46910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and ASTM A148 cast steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 5.7 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 280 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 630 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 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 | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 2.3 to 3.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 400 to 3570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 21 to 34 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 18 to 38 |