Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. C38000 Brass
Automotive malleable cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C38000 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 automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is C38000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 10 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 720 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 590 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 800 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 760 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.8 to 30 | |
| 50 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 950 | |
| 74 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 to 21 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 2.2 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 55 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.7 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.9 to 43.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |