Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.6587 Steel
Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.6587 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 1.6587 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 490 | |
| 160 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 520 to 1420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 58 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 15 to 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 94.4 to 96.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |