Ductile Cast Iron vs. AWS BAu-6
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS BAu-6 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is AWS BAu-6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 210 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 16 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 3.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 8.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 69.5 to 70.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 21.5 to 22.5 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |