AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. C42200 Brass
AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C42200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 30 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 AISI 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is C42200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 46 | |
| 2.0 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 79 | |
| 56 to 87 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 680 | |
| 210 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 1160 | |
| 300 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 100 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 31 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 240 | |
| 12 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 92 to 1900 | |
| 49 to 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 31 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 10 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 8.7 to 13.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |