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Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4595 Stainless Steel

Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.4595 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% 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 1.4595 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 13
29
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560 to 1460
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 42
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
10
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
34
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 95
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 3970
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
17

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 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
81.3 to 85.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
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
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0