Ductile Cast Iron vs. AWS E383
Both ductile cast iron and AWS E383 are iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is AWS E383.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 6.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 26.5 to 29 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 28.8 to 39.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |