Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.7272 Steel
Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.7272 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 1.7272 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| 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 | |
| 490 to 1650 |
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 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 17 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 18 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 14 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.4 to 0.55 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 97.2 to 98.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| 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 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |