S45503 Stainless Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both S45503 stainless steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
160 to 300 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
180 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
9.6 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
69 to 170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
69 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
180 to 610 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
160 to 450 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
280 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1180 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
490 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
21 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
44 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
13 to 37 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
5.8 to 17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
8.7 to 17 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
6.0 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
3.1 to 3.4 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
92.1 to 93.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.5 to 0.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.9 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
2.5 to 2.8 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
0 |