AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. C46400 Brass
AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C46400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 422 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C46400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 660 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1080 | |
| 400 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 670 to 870 | |
| 160 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 76 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1140 to 1910 | |
| 120 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 39 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.9 to 85.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |