Austempered Cast Iron vs. C34500 Brass
Austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C34500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is C34500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
| 12 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 340 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 120 to 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
| 42 to 75 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 69 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 11 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 32 to 36.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |