SAE-AISI 1090 Steel vs. Automotive Grey Cast Iron
Both SAE-AISI 1090 steel and automotive grey cast iron are iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1090 steel and the bottom bar is automotive grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 280 | |
| 160 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 9.6 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 69 to 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 950 | |
| 140 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 94 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 260 to 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 to 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1340 to 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 41 to 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 to 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.4 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.8 to 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 to 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 44 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 91 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1000 | |
| 25 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 34 | |
| 5.2 to 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 8.0 to 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 31 | |
| 4.2 to 8.6 |