AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both AISI 416 stainless steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 320 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 9.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 69 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 69 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 180 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
| 160 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
| 98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
| 13 to 37 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 5.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 8.7 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 6.0 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |