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Grey Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel

Both grey cast iron and EN 1.4659 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4659 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 300
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
210
Elongation at Break, % 9.6
49
Fatigue Strength, MPa 69 to 170
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 69
81
Shear Strength, MPa 180 to 610
640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 450
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 98 to 290
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1180
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
37
Density, g/cm3 7.5
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
6.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 44
220

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 13 to 37
370
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 27 to 240
550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 5.8 to 17
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 8.7 to 17
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.0 to 17
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 3.1 to 3.4
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 92.1 to 93.9
35.7 to 45.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.7
2.0 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
5.5 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
21 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.9
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 2.5 to 2.8
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 2.5