AISI 316Cb Stainless Steel vs. C47000 Brass
AISI 316Cb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C47000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316Cb stainless steel and the bottom bar is C47000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 57 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.9 to 72 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 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 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 37.5 to 42.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |