Ductile Cast Iron vs. Grade 20 Titanium
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 2940 to 5760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| 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 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |