S20910 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Grey Cast Iron
Both S20910 stainless steel and automotive grey cast iron are iron alloys. There are 26 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
160 to 280 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
180 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
9.6 to 14 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
69 to 70 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
140 to 290 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
94 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
260 to 280 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1380 to 1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1340 to 1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
490 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
41 to 43 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
12 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
1.9 to 3.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.5 to 7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
1.5 to 1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
21 to 24 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
44 to 51 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
18 to 25 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
25 to 110 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
5.2 to 11 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
8.0 to 13 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
11 to 12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
4.2 to 8.6 |