Nickel 625 vs. Austempered Cast Iron
Nickel 625 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 (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 625 and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
180 |
Elongation at Break, % | 33 to 34 | |
1.1 to 13 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
62 to 69 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
860 to 1800 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 450 | |
560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
280 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
1340 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
490 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
42 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
2.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
7.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
25 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 250 | |
19 to 95 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
880 to 3970 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
32 to 66 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
27 to 44 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
3.4 to 3.8 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
89.6 to 94 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.3 to 0.4 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 68.9 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
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 0.015 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |