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Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4592 Stainless Steel

Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.4592 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 1.4592 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 13
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
82
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560 to 1460
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
310
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
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
18
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 95
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 3970
610
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
20

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
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
62.6 to 68.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
3.5 to 4.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
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 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.8
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0