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Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 1.5507 Steel

Both austempered cast iron and EN 1.5507 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 1.5507 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 490
140 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
450 to 880

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 42
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
16 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
17 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0.020 to 0.080
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.020
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 3.4 to 3.8
0.21 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0.25 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
97.8 to 98.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
0.8 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Selenium (Se), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 2.3 to 2.7
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0