AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. C42500 Brass
AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C42500 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 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is C42500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 2.0 to 49 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 80 | |
| 60 to 92 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 220 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 310 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 120 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 12 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 64 to 1570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 9.9 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.1 to 11.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |