Grade 20 Cast Iron vs. S38815 Stainless Steel
Both grade 20 cast iron and S38815 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 grade 20 cast iron and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 | |
| 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 56.1 to 67 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |