S46500 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
Both S46500 stainless steel and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 6.8 to 30 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |