Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel
Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.4371 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 490 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
| 45 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 320 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 66.7 to 74.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| 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 |