AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Grey Cast Iron
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and automotive grey cast iron are iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 160 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 9.6 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 69 to 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 140 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 94 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 to 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 to 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1340 to 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 41 to 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 to 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.4 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.8 to 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 1.9 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 to 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 44 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 25 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 5.2 to 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 8.0 to 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 4.2 to 8.6 |