Grey Cast Iron vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both grey cast iron and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 300 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |