MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Austempered Cast Iron vs. SAE-AISI S7 Steel

Both austempered cast iron and SAE-AISI S7 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 SAE-AISI S7 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
670 to 2030

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
65

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
24 to 72
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
22 to 46
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
22 to 66

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.020
0
Carbon (C), % 3.4 to 3.8
0.45 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
3.0 to 3.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
91.6 to 94.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
0.2 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Selenium (Se), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 2.3 to 2.7
0.2 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.3