Automotive Grey Cast Iron vs. EN 1.7231 Steel
Both automotive grey cast iron and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive grey cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 280 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 to 14 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 to 70 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 to 290 | |
| 790 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 94 to 200 | |
| 570 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 to 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 to 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 to 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 to 43 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 to 7.6 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.1 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 to 3.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 to 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 24 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 to 51 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 25 | |
| 87 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 25 to 110 | |
| 870 to 1700 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 to 11 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.0 to 13 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 to 12 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.2 to 8.6 | |
| 23 to 27 |