MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grey Cast Iron vs. C99400 Brass

Grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is C99400 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 69
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 450
460 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 98 to 290
230 to 370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
230
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1070
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1180
1020
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
400
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
17
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
30
Density, g/cm3 7.5
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 44
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 27 to 240
230 to 590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 5.8 to 17
15 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 8.7 to 17
15 to 17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.0 to 17
16 to 19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Carbon (C), % 3.1 to 3.4
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
83.5 to 96.5
Iron (Fe), % 92.1 to 93.9
1.0 to 3.0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 3.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.9
0
Silicon (Si), % 2.5 to 2.8
0.5 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0.5 to 5.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3