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Austempered Cast Iron vs. S64512 Stainless Steel

Both austempered cast iron and S64512 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is S64512 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 490
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 13
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 62 to 69
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860 to 1800
1140
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560 to 1460
890

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
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
28
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
10
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 95
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 3970
2020
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 66
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 44
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
7.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 53
42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.020
0
Carbon (C), % 3.4 to 3.8
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 89.6 to 94
80.6 to 84.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.4
0.5 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.010 to 0.050
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 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0.25 to 0.4