AISI 201L Stainless Steel vs. CC764S Brass
AISI 201L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC764S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201L stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC764S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 320 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 46 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1040 | |
| 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 790 | |
| 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 810 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 94 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 36 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 80 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1570 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 52 to 66 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.3 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 20.7 to 50.2 |