AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 350 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.8 to 46 | |
| 9.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 440 | |
| 69 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 69 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 680 | |
| 180 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1160 | |
| 160 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 870 | |
| 98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 270 | |
| 13 to 37 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1900 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 41 | |
| 5.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 8.7 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 6.0 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 73.9 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |