AISI 410 Stainless Steel vs. C85800 Brass
AISI 410 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C85800 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 410 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C85800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 770 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 580 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 110 | |
| 48 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 860 | |
| 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 26 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 57 to 69 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 88.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 31 to 41 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |