Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron vs. Austenitic Grey Cast Iron
Both austenitic nodular cast iron and austenitic grey cast iron are iron alloys. There are 20 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 austenitic nodular cast iron and the bottom bar is austenitic grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 240 | |
| 110 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 to 190 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 to 0.3 | |
| 0.29 to 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 to 72 | |
| 69 to 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 500 | |
| 150 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 to 350 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 to 1400 | |
| 1340 to 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 to 1360 | |
| 1290 to 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 to 490 | |
| 470 to 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 to 14 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 to 25 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 to 8.0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 to 4.9 | |
| 3.1 to 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 to 68 | |
| 43 to 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 to 120 | |
| 93 to 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 5.3 to 8.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 7.9 to 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |