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Grey Cast Iron vs. S38100 Stainless Steel

Both grey cast iron and S38100 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% 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 S38100 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 300
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.6
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 69 to 170
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 69
76
Shear Strength, MPa 180 to 610
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 450
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 98 to 290
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
320
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1180
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
20
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 44
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 13 to 37
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 27 to 240
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 5.8 to 17
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 8.7 to 17
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.0 to 17
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 3.1 to 3.4
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 92.1 to 93.9
57.9 to 64
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17.5 to 18.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.9
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 2.5 to 2.8
1.5 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.030