Grey Cast Iron vs. ASTM A203 Steel
Both grey cast iron and ASTM A203 steel are iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is ASTM A203 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 300 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 330 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 520 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 290 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.4 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 to 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 3.2 to 4.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.6 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 50 to 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |