Austempered Cast Iron vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both austempered cast iron and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 490 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 30 to 50 |
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 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| 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 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |