Grade 20 Cast Iron vs. N09777 Nickel
Grade 20 cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N09777 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 cast iron and the bottom bar is N09777 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 28.5 to 47.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 34 to 42 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |