Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. ASTM Grade HP Steel
Both automotive malleable cast iron and ASTM grade HP steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HP steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 130 to 290 | |
140 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 10 | |
5.1 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
78 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 720 | |
490 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 590 | |
260 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
320 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1370 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1330 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
12 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
34 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
5.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
82 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
220 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.8 to 30 | |
21 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 950 | |
170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 24 | |
17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
3.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 to 21 | |
11 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 2.2 to 2.9 | |
0.35 to 0.75 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
24 to 28 |
Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.7 | |
29.2 to 42.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 1.3 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
33 to 37 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.9 | |
0 to 2.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.040 |