Automotive Grey Cast Iron vs. C99600 Bronze
Automotive grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is automotive grey cast iron and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 to 14 | |
| 27 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 to 70 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 to 290 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 94 to 200 | |
| 250 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 to 280 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 to 1390 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 to 1350 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 14 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 to 3.0 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 to 7.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 24 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 to 51 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 25 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 25 to 110 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 to 11 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.0 to 13 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.2 to 8.6 | |
| 14 |