C99400 Brass vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while automotive malleable cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 17 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |