Ductile Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel
Both ductile cast iron and EN 1.4530 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 200 |
| 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 | |
| 1030 to 1370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| 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 | |
| 36 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 35 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 74.4 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.28 to 0.37 |