Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both automotive malleable cast iron and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 290 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 10 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 720 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 590 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.8 to 30 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 950 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 to 21 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 2.2 to 2.9 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.7 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 1.3 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.9 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |