Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel
Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.4542 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.4542 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
| 5.7 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 880 to 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 580 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
| 62 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 880 to 4360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 31 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 29 to 49 |
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 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 69.6 to 79 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| 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 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |