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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Grey Cast Iron

Both S21460 stainless steel and automotive grey cast iron are iron alloys. There are 24 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 S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive grey cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
160 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
180
Elongation at Break, % 46
9.6 to 14
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
69 to 70
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
140 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
94 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260 to 280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1380 to 1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1340 to 1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
12 to 14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
1.9 to 3.0
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.5 to 7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.5 to 1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
21 to 24
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
44 to 51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
18 to 25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
25 to 110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
5.2 to 11
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
8.0 to 13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
4.2 to 8.6