Grey Cast Iron vs. EN 1.1221 Steel
Both grey cast iron and EN 1.1221 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 EN 1.1221 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 300 | |
| 210 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 10 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 240 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 730 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 390 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 67 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 410 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 26 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 23 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0.57 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 97.1 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |