EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 to 51 | |
| 9.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 340 | |
| 69 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 69 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 540 | |
| 180 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 160 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 to 310 | |
| 13 to 37 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 300 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 5.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 8.7 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 6.0 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.7 to 74.4 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |