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Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both automotive malleable cast iron and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 290
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.0 to 10
46
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 70
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 720
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 590
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
14
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.8 to 30
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 950
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 26
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 24
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.9 to 21
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 2.2 to 2.9
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 93.6 to 96.7
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 1.3
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0.020 to 0.15
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.9 to 1.9
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.020 to 0.2
0 to 0.030