Ductile Cast Iron vs. Nickel 690
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 to 9.4 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| 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 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |