Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both austenitic nodular cast iron and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is austenitic nodular cast iron and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 240 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 34 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 to 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 to 72 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 500 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 240 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 to 350 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 to 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 to 1360 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 to 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 to 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 to 25 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 to 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 to 4.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 to 68 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 to 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 140 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 98 to 160 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 30 to 50 |