EN 1.5662 Steel vs. Ductile Cast Iron
Both EN 1.5662 steel and ductile cast iron are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is ductile cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 2.1 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 to 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 64 to 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 420 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 460 to 920 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 310 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1160 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 8.8 to 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.1 to 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 43 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 17 to 80 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 280 to 1330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 17 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 17 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 1.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |