Ductile Cast Iron vs. Grade 18 Titanium
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 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 grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |