Ductile Cast Iron vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
Both ductile cast iron and automotive malleable cast iron are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 130 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 6.8 to 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |