Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.3555 Steel
Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.3555 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.3555 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 490 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 85.4 to 87.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 4.0 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.2 to 3.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |