ASTM A588 Steel vs. Austempered Cast Iron
Both ASTM A588 steel and austempered cast iron are iron alloys. There are 26 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 ASTM A588 steel and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 270 to 490 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 1.1 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 to 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 to 44 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 2.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.6 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 to 51 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 19 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 880 to 3970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 25 to 53 |