Austempered Cast Iron vs. C99400 Brass
Austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 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 austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is C99400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 460 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 230 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 230 to 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 16 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| 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 | |
| 83.5 to 96.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 5.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |