MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and austenitic nodular cast iron are iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is austenitic nodular cast iron.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
140 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
180 to 190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
6.8 to 34
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29 to 0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
70 to 72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
430 to 500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
190 to 240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280 to 350
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1340 to 1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1300 to 1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470 to 490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13 to 14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
16 to 25
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7 to 8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.5 to 4.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
48 to 68
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
91 to 120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
24 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
98 to 160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24 to 25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
15 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
16 to 18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
12 to 15