Ductile Cast Iron vs. Grade N7M Nickel
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is grade N7M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 60.9 to 70 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |