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Grey Cast Iron vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel

Both grey cast iron and AISI 316N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 grey cast iron and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 300
190 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.6
9.0 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 69 to 170
230 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 69
78
Shear Strength, MPa 180 to 610
420 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 450
620 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 98 to 290
270 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1180
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
19
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 44
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 13 to 37
95 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 27 to 240
180 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 5.8 to 17
22 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 8.7 to 17
20 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.0 to 17
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 3.1 to 3.4
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 92.1 to 93.9
61.9 to 71.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.9
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 2.5 to 2.8
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.030