AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. C46500 Brass
AISI 310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 30 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 C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 82 | |
| 55 to 95 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 280 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| 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 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 170 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |