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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Grey Cast Iron

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and automotive grey cast iron are iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive grey cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
69 to 70
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
140 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260 to 280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380 to 1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1340 to 1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12 to 14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
1.9 to 3.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.5 to 7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
1.5 to 1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
21 to 24
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
44 to 51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
5.2 to 11
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
8.0 to 13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
4.2 to 8.6