Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. EN 1.1192 Steel
Both automotive malleable cast iron and EN 1.1192 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.1192 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 290 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 720 | |
| 520 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 18 to 64 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 18 to 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 to 21 | |
| 16 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 2.2 to 2.9 | |
| 0.42 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.7 | |
| 98.1 to 99.08 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.9 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |