MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Automotive Malleable Cast Iron vs. Type 2 Pewter

Automotive malleable cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 2 pewter belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 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 automotive malleable cast iron and the bottom bar is Type 2 pewter.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 290
13 to 23
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
52
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 70
19
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 720
52 to 68

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
69
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
300
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
220
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
75
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
210
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
1220

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
3.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
17
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 26
2.0 to 2.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 24
4.3 to 5.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.9 to 21
3.4 to 4.4

Alloy Composition

Antimony (Sb), % 0
5.0 to 7.5
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 2.2 to 2.9
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 93.6 to 96.7
0 to 0.015
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 1.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0.020 to 0.15
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.9 to 1.9
0
Sulfur (S), % 0.020 to 0.2
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
90 to 93
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050

Comparable Variants