AISI 414 Stainless Steel vs. C68000 Brass
AISI 414 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C68000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 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 414 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C68000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 27 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 to 790 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 96 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 to 1590 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 34 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 28 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 35 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 56 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 87.3 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.6 to 42.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |