AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. C99750 Brass
AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 360 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 80 | |
| 77 to 82 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 220 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |