SAE-AISI 1040 Steel vs. Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron
Both SAE-AISI 1040 steel and austenitic nodular cast iron are iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1040 steel and the bottom bar is austenitic nodular cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 140 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 20 | |
| 6.8 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 to 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 70 to 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 640 | |
| 430 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 190 to 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1340 to 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1300 to 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 to 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 to 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.5 to 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 48 to 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 91 to 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 96 | |
| 24 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 760 | |
| 98 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 12 to 15 |