Ductile Cast Iron vs. ASTM A217 Cast Steel
Both ductile cast iron and ASTM A217 cast steel are iron alloys. There are 29 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 ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is ASTM A217 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.28 to 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 73 to 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 540 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 270 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 to 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 410 to 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1450 to 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 26 to 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.3 to 9.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 8.4 to 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.4 to 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 47 to 87 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 190 to 570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 6.9 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 16 to 20 |