{"id":34,"date":"2008-12-30T07:59:54","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T07:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2011-07-13T18:28:16","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T18:28:16","slug":"materials-comparison-die-casting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/materials-comparison-die-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The four main materials used in die cast parts are Aluminum, Zinc, Magnesium and Brass respectively. The following chart will show the similarities and differences of the four main die cast materials.<\/p>\n

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 <\/td>\n
\n Aluminum<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n
\n Brass<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n
\n Magnesium<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n
\n Zinc<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tensile
\n strength, psi x 1000<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 47<\/font><\/td>\n\n 55<\/font><\/td>\n\n

34<\/font><\/td>\n

\n 41<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yield
\n strength, psi x 100 (0.2 pct offset)<\/font><\/td>\n		\n

23<\/font><\/td>\n

\n 30<\/font><\/td>\n\n 23<\/font><\/td>\n\n \u2014<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shear
\n strength, psi x 1000<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 28<\/font><\/td>\n\n 37<\/font><\/td>\n\n 20<\/font><\/td>\n\n 31<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fatigue
\n strength, psi x 1000<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 20<\/font><\/td>\n\n 25<\/font><\/td>\n\n 14<\/font><\/td>\n\n

7<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Elongation,
\n pct in 2 in.<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 3.50<\/font><\/td>\n\n

15<\/font><\/td>\n

\n 3.0<\/font><\/td>\n\n 10<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hardness (Brinell)<\/font><\/td>\n\n 80<\/font><\/td>\n\n 91<\/font><\/td>\n\n 63<\/font><\/td>\n\n 82<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Specific
\n gravity<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 2.71<\/font><\/td>\n\n 8.30<\/font><\/td>\n\n 1.80<\/font><\/td>\n\n 6.60<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight,
\n lb\/cu. in.<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 0.098<\/font><\/td>\n\n 0.305<\/font><\/td>\n\n

0.066<\/font><\/td>\n

\n 0.24<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melting
\n point (liquid), \u00b0F<\/font><\/td>\n		\n

1100<\/font><\/td>\n

\n 1670<\/font><\/td>\n\n 1105<\/font><\/td>\n\n 728<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thermal
\n conductivity, CG5<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 0.23<\/font><\/td>\n\n 0.21<\/font><\/td>\n\n 0.16<\/font><\/td>\n\n 0.27<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thermal
\n expansion, in.\/in.\/\u00b0F x 106<\/sup><\/font><\/td>\n		\n 12.1<\/font><\/td>\n\n 12.0<\/font><\/td>\n\n 15.0<\/font><\/td>\n\n

15.2<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Electrical
\n conductivity,
\n pct of copper standard<\/font><\/td>\n		\n 27<\/font><\/td>\n\n 20<\/font><\/td>\n\n 10<\/font><\/td>\n\n 27<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Modulus of
\n elasticity, psi x 106<\/sup><\/font><\/td>\n		\n 10.3<\/font><\/td>\n\n 15<\/font><\/td>\n\n

6.5<\/font><\/td>\n

\n \u2014<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impact
\n strength (Charpy), ft\/lb<\/font><\/td>\n		\n

3.0<\/font><\/td>\n

\n 40<\/font><\/td>\n\n 2.0<\/font><\/td>\n\n 43.0<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The four main materials used in die cast parts are Aluminum, Zinc, Magnesium and Brass respectively. The following chart will show the similarities and differences of the four main die cast materials.   Aluminum Brass Magnesium Zinc Tensile strength, psi x 1000 47 55 34 41 Yield strength, psi x 100 (0.2 pct offset) 23 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cast-parts.com\/castings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}