Grey Cast Iron vs. EN 1.6771 Steel
Both grey cast iron and EN 1.6771 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% 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 1.6771 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 300 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 8.0 to 8.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 440 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 930 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 740 to 1140 |
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 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 58 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 75 to 93 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 1460 to 3450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 33 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 27 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0.27 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 92.2 to 95 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |