Grey Cast Iron vs. SAE-AISI S6 Steel
Both grey cast iron and SAE-AISI S6 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S6 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 670 to 1920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 3.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 24 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 22 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 22 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 92.8 to 94.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |