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Austempered Cast Iron vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Both austempered cast iron and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 490
270 to 630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 13
2.2 to 11
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560 to 1460
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
18
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 95
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 3970
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0.15 to 0.5
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.020
0
Carbon (C), % 3.4 to 3.8
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
65 to 76
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Selenium (Se), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 2.3 to 2.7
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0

Comparable Variants