ASTM A514 Steel vs. Austempered Cast Iron
Both ASTM A514 steel and austempered cast iron are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
270 to 490 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
180 |
Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
1.1 to 13 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
62 to 69 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
860 to 1800 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
280 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1340 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
490 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
42 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
2.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
7.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
25 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
19 to 95 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
880 to 3970 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
32 to 66 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
27 to 44 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
25 to 53 |