Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. C46500 Brass
Automotive malleable cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 10 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 720 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 590 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.8 to 30 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 950 | |
| 170 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 to 21 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 2.2 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| 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 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |