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Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4521 Stainless Steel

Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.4521 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.4521 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 13
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560 to 1460
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 42
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
12
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 95
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 3970
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
6.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.020
0
Carbon (C), % 3.4 to 3.8
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
17 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
74.6 to 81.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
1.8 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Selenium (Se), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 2.3 to 2.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.8
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0