Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Both austenitic nodular cast iron and AISI 410Cb stainless steel 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 austenitic nodular cast iron and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 240 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 34 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 to 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 to 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 500 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 240 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 to 350 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 to 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 to 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 to 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 to 14 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 to 25 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 to 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 to 4.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 to 68 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 to 120 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 140 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 98 to 160 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 20 to 35 |