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S30601 Stainless Steel vs. Ductile Cast Iron

Both S30601 stainless steel and ductile cast iron are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 S30601 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ductile cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160 to 310
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
170 to 180
Elongation at Break, % 37
2.1 to 20
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28 to 0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
64 to 70
Shear Strength, MPa 450
420 to 800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
460 to 920
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
310 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1160
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1120
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.1 to 7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
43

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
17 to 80
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
280 to 1330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12 to 14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
17 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
18 to 29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
17 to 35

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
3.0 to 3.5
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.35
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.9 to 60.5
93.7 to 95.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 18
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 5.6
1.5 to 2.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.013
0