Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both automotive malleable cast iron and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 290 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 10 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 720 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 590 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.8 to 30 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 950 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 to 21 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 2.2 to 2.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.7 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 1.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.9 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |