Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.4122 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
14 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
790 to 850 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
450 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
280 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
2.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
33 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
93 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
520 to 1000 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
28 to 31 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
25 to 26 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
0.33 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
15.5 to 17.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
77.2 to 83.4 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0.8 to 1.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |