Grey Cast Iron vs. Nickel 600
Grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 grey cast iron and the bottom bar is nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 190 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |