Austempered Cast Iron vs. C82800 Copper
Austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82800 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 austempered cast iron and the bottom bar is C82800 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 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1800 | |
| 670 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 to 1460 | |
| 380 to 1000 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 95 | |
| 11 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 3970 | |
| 590 to 4080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 66 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 53 | |
| 23 to 39 |
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 | |
| 2.5 to 2.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 94.6 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| 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 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| 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 |