MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C99400 Brass vs. Austempered Cast Iron

C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

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

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
62 to 69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 460 to 550
860 to 1800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 370
560 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 230
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1020
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
2.9
Density, g/cm3 8.7
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230 to 590
880 to 3970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.5
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 17
32 to 66
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 17
27 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 19
25 to 53

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.5 to 2.0
0 to 0.050
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0
3.4 to 3.8
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 83.5 to 96.5
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 1.0 to 3.0
89.6 to 94
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.040
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.3 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 3.5
0 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 2.0
2.3 to 2.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0.5 to 5.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.3
0