Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. N08031 Stainless Steel
Both automotive malleable cast iron and N08031 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is N08031 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 10 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 720 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 590 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 7.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 96 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.8 to 30 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 950 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 to 21 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 2.2 to 2.9 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.7 | |
| 29 to 36.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 32 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.9 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |