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S44800 Stainless Steel vs. Austempered Cast Iron

Both S44800 stainless steel and austempered cast iron are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 S44800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
270 to 490
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
180
Elongation at Break, % 23
1.1 to 13
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
62 to 69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
860 to 1800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
560 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
19 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 480
880 to 3970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
32 to 66
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
27 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
25 to 53

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
3.4 to 3.8
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 66.5
89.6 to 94
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.040
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0.3 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.2
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 2.5
0 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
2.3 to 2.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1