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EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel vs. Austempered Cast Iron

Both EN 1.4821 stainless steel and austempered cast iron are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4821 stainless steel and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
270 to 490
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
180
Elongation at Break, % 18
1.1 to 13
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
62 to 69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
860 to 1800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
560 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
19 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 500
880 to 3970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
32 to 66
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
27 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
25 to 53

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
3.4 to 3.8
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 64.2 to 71.1
89.6 to 94
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.040
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
2.3 to 2.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1