Monel K-500 vs. Austempered Cast Iron
Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 Monel K-500 and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 36 | |
| 1.1 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 1100 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 260 | |
| 19 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 880 to 3970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 3.4 to 3.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 89.6 to 94 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |