Austempered Cast Iron vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
Austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |