Ductile Cast Iron vs. EN 1.7216 Steel
Both ductile cast iron and EN 1.7216 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 200 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 410 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 650 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 400 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 50 |
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 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 97.2 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |