AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. C37100 Brass
AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C37100 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C37100 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 8.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 260 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 370 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 150 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 38 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 110 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 41.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |