Grade 20 Cast Iron vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel
Both grade 20 cast iron and SAE-AISI 5140 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 cast iron and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 | |
| 220 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 360 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 560 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 | |
| 290 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 | |
| 76 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 | |
| 220 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |