S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
Both S46910 stainless steel and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 130 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 6.8 to 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |