Ductile Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel
Both ductile cast iron and EN 1.4710 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 74 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 750 |
| 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 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 6.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 7.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 76 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 6.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 87.4 to 92.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |