Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both austenitic nodular cast iron and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is austenitic nodular cast iron and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 240 | |
| 280 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 34 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 to 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 to 72 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 500 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 240 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 to 350 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 to 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 to 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 to 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 to 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 to 25 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 to 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 to 4.9 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 to 68 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 to 120 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 140 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 48 to 64 |