ASTM B541 Gold vs. Austempered Cast Iron
ASTM B541 gold belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B541 gold and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 14 | |
| 1.1 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1180 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 900 | |
| 560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 90 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 170 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 7.5 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 to 91 | |
| 19 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 3830 | |
| 880 to 3970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.8 to 14 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 36 to 63 | |
| 25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 3.4 to 3.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Gold (Au), % | 70.5 to 72.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 89.6 to 94 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |