Austempered Cast Iron vs. C82400 Copper
Austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82400 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is C82400 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 13 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 to 69 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 500 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 260 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
| 10 to 83 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 270 to 3870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 16 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 17 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 96 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |