Ductile Cast Iron vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel
Both ductile cast iron and AISI 301L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 440 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 620 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 250 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 160 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |