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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and automotive malleable cast iron 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 EN 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
130 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
180
Elongation at Break, % 28
1.0 to 10
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
70
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
350 to 720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
220 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
6.8 to 30
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
130 to 950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
13 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
14 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
9.9 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
2.2 to 2.9
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 50.9 to 63.7
93.6 to 96.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.15 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 9.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0.020 to 0.15
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.9 to 1.9
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0.020 to 0.2