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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron

Both S45000 stainless steel and austenitic nodular cast iron are iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is austenitic nodular cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
140 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
180 to 190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
6.8 to 34
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29 to 0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
70 to 72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
430 to 500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
190 to 240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280 to 350
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1340 to 1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1300 to 1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470 to 490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13 to 14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
16 to 25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7 to 8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.5 to 4.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
48 to 68
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
91 to 120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
24 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850 to 4400
98 to 160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24 to 25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
15 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
16 to 18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
12 to 15