Ductile Cast Iron vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 23 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 nickel beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 5.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 5.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 19 to 46 |