Ductile Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel
Both ductile cast iron and EN 1.4971 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 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 1.4971 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 24.3 to 37.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |