Automotive Grey Cast Iron vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Both automotive grey cast iron and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive grey cast iron and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 to 14 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 to 70 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 to 290 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 94 to 200 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 to 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 to 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 to 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 to 3.0 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 to 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 24 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 to 51 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 25 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 to 11 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.0 to 13 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.2 to 8.6 | |
| 44 to 67 |