S45500 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Grey Cast Iron
Both S45500 stainless steel and automotive grey cast iron are iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 160 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 9.6 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 69 to 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 140 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 94 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 to 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1380 to 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1340 to 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 1.9 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.5 to 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 44 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 5.2 to 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 8.0 to 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 4.2 to 8.6 |