Grey Cast Iron vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
Both grey cast iron and S45503 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 300 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |