EN 1.7366 Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
Both EN 1.7366 steel and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7366 steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 210 | |
| 130 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 19 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 710 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 480 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.3 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 110 | |
| 6.8 to 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 600 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.9 to 95.3 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |