SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1080 steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 260 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 9.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 69 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 69 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 520 | |
| 180 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 870 | |
| 160 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 590 | |
| 98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 84 | |
| 13 to 37 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 920 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 5.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 8.7 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 6.0 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.88 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |