Grey Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel
Both grey cast iron and EN 1.4913 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4913 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 320 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 550 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 480 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 600 to 1860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 31 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 84.5 to 88.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |