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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron

Both S46910 stainless steel and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
130 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
180
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
1.0 to 10
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
70
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
350 to 720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
220 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
6.8 to 30
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
130 to 950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
13 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
14 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
9.9 to 21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
2.2 to 2.9
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
93.6 to 96.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0.020 to 0.15
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.9 to 1.9
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0.020 to 0.2
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0

Comparable Variants