EN 1.7231 Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
Both EN 1.7231 steel and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7231 steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 280 | |
| 130 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 12 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 930 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 800 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 100 | |
| 6.8 to 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 870 to 1700 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.45 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 98.1 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |