Grey Cast Iron vs. C99500 Copper
Grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grey cast iron and the bottom bar is C99500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.6 | |
| 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 450 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 290 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1180 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 10 |
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 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 37 | |
| 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 27 to 240 | |
| 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 to 17 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 to 17 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.0 to 17 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.1 to 3.4 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 82.5 to 92 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 93.9 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| 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 2.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |