Grey Cast Iron vs. N08221 Nickel
Grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 29% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is N08221 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 69 to 170 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 610 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 44 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 22 to 33.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |