EN 1.5410 Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both EN 1.5410 steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 190 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 9.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 69 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 160 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
| 98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 13 to 37 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 5.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 8.7 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 6.0 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |