Ductile Cast Iron vs. Nickel 600
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 190 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |