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AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. Austempered Cast Iron

Both AISI 321 stainless steel and austempered cast iron are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 AISI 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 210
270 to 490
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
180
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 50
1.1 to 13
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
62 to 69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 690
860 to 1800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 350
560 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 230
19 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 310
880 to 3970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
32 to 66
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
27 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
25 to 53

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
3.4 to 3.8
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 65.3 to 74
89.6 to 94
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.040
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
2.3 to 2.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1