AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron
Both AISI 304 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 (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is austenitic nodular cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 140 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 6.8 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 to 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 to 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 430 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 190 to 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1340 to 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1300 to 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 to 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 to 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 48 to 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 91 to 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 24 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 98 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 12 to 15 |