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S44735 Stainless Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron

Both S44735 stainless steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
160 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
180
Elongation at Break, % 21
9.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
69 to 170
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
69
Shear Strength, MPa 390
180 to 610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
160 to 450
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
98 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1180
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.4
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
44

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
13 to 37
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 520
27 to 240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
5.8 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
8.7 to 17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
6.0 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
3.1 to 3.4
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0
Iron (Fe), % 60.7 to 68.4
92.1 to 93.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.6 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.9
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
2.5 to 2.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0