EN 1.1192 Steel vs. Ductile Cast Iron
Both EN 1.1192 steel and ductile cast iron are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1192 steel and the bottom bar is ductile cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 to 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 64 to 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1810 | |
| 460 to 920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1160 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 31 to 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.8 to 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.1 to 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 43 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 64 | |
| 17 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 42 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 8.9 to 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 58 | |
| 17 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 99.08 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |