Ductile Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel
Both ductile cast iron and EN 1.4107 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4107 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 400 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 420 to 840 |
| 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 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 83.8 to 87.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |