Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron vs. SAE-AISI H24 Steel
Both austenitic nodular cast iron and SAE-AISI H24 steel are iron alloys. There are 19 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 austenitic nodular cast iron and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 to 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 to 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 to 72 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 500 | |
| 720 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 to 350 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 to 1400 | |
| 1750 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 to 1360 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 to 490 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 to 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 to 25 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 to 8.0 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 to 4.9 | |
| 6.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 to 68 | |
| 93 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 to 120 | |
| 78 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 22 to 61 |