Ductile Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel
Both ductile cast iron and EN 1.4057 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4057 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 520 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 840 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 530 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 96 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 700 to 1610 |
| 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 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.12 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 77.7 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |