AWS E33-31 vs. C84800 Brass
AWS E33-31 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C84800 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E33-31 and the bottom bar is C84800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 86 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 7.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 8.2 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 75 to 77 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 24.7 to 34.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 32 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |