AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. CC753S Brass
AISI 310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC753S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC753S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 220 | |
| 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 99 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 47 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 56.8 to 60.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 33.1 to 40 |