Grey Cast Iron vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Both grey cast iron and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 300 | |
| 270 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
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 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |