Automotive Grey Cast Iron vs. Grade 20 Titanium
Automotive grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive grey cast iron and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 to 14 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 to 70 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 to 290 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 94 to 200 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 to 280 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 to 1390 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 to 1350 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 14 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 to 7.6 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 24 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 to 51 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 25 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 25 to 110 | |
| 2940 to 5760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 to 11 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.0 to 13 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.2 to 8.6 | |
| 55 to 77 |