SAE-AISI D3 Steel vs. Austempered Cast Iron
Both SAE-AISI D3 steel and austempered cast iron are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 SAE-AISI D3 steel and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.8 to 15 | |
| 1.1 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 2050 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 1550 | |
| 560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 180 | |
| 19 to 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 74 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 47 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 63 | |
| 25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 2.0 to 2.4 | |
| 3.4 to 3.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.3 to 87 | |
| 89.6 to 94 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |