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Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. K93500 Alloy

Both automotive malleable cast iron and K93500 alloy are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is K93500 alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 70
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 720
490 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
30
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
65
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 26
17 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 24
17 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.9 to 21
15 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 2.2 to 2.9
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.25
Cobalt (Co), % 0
5.0
Iron (Fe), % 93.6 to 96.7
61.4 to 63
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 1.3
0 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
32
Phosphorus (P), % 0.020 to 0.15
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.9 to 1.9
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0.020 to 0.2
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.1

Comparable Variants