K93603 Alloy vs. Ductile Cast Iron
Both K93603 alloy and ductile cast iron are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is K93603 alloy and the bottom bar is ductile cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 to 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 64 to 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 810 | |
| 460 to 920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1160 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.1 to 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 43 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 27 | |
| 17 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 25 | |
| 17 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.8 to 64 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 36 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 1.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |