S66286 Stainless Steel vs. Ductile Cast Iron
Both S66286 stainless steel and ductile cast iron are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S66286 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ductile cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 2.1 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 to 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 64 to 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 420 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1020 | |
| 460 to 920 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 310 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1160 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 31 to 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.8 to 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.1 to 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 43 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 200 | |
| 17 to 80 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1150 | |
| 280 to 1330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 17 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 8.9 to 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 17 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.1 to 59.5 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |