ASTM A514 Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
Both ASTM A514 steel and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. There are 28 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 ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
130 to 290 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
180 |
Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
1.0 to 10 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
70 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
350 to 720 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
260 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1410 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
41 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
14 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
7.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
45 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
6.8 to 30 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
130 to 950 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
13 to 26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
14 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
9.9 to 21 |