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Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. S44725 Stainless Steel

Both automotive malleable cast iron and S44725 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is S44725 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 290
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.0 to 10
22
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 70
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 720
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 590
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
15
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.8 to 30
99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 950
240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 26
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 24
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.9 to 21
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 2.2 to 2.9
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
25 to 28.5
Iron (Fe), % 93.6 to 96.7
67.6 to 73.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 1.3
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.26
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.018
Phosphorus (P), % 0.020 to 0.15
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.9 to 1.9
0 to 0.040
Sulfur (S), % 0.020 to 0.2
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.26