Grade 20 Cast Iron vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Both grade 20 cast iron and N08800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 cast iron and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 4.5 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 | |
| 150 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 340 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 500 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 | |
| 190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 5.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 | |
| 42 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 | |
| 96 to 1740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 | |
| 18 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 | |
| 13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 39.5 to 50.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |