Grey Cast Iron vs. EN 1.1170 Steel
Both grey cast iron and EN 1.1170 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.1170 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 300 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 220 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 640 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 330 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 91 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 290 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0.25 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 96.7 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |