Grey Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Both grey cast iron and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 58 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 71.5 to 75.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10.2 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |