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Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel

Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.4659 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 43% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.4659 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 490
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 13
49
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560 to 1460
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 42
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
37
Density, g/cm3 7.5
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
6.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
220

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 95
370
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 3970
550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
19

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
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
1.0 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
35.7 to 45.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
2.0 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
5.5 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
21 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
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 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0