Ductile Cast Iron vs. Nickel 908
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 40% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is nickel 908.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.1 to 20 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 800 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 920 | |
| 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 930 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 290 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 to 36 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 8.6 |
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 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 80 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 2340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 to 10 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 35.6 to 44.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 47 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |