Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both austenitic nodular cast iron and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 24 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 austenitic nodular cast iron and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 240 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 34 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 to 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 to 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 500 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 240 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 to 350 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 to 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 to 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 to 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 to 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 to 25 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 to 8.0 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 to 4.9 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 to 68 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 to 120 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 140 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 98 to 160 | |
| 1280 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 23 to 24 |