Ductile Cast Iron vs. ASTM B817 Type II
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 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 ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type II.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 3.0 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 900 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 780 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 650 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 26 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 2890 to 3890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 55 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 45 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 62 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 82.1 to 87.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |