EN 1.4110 Stainless Steel vs. C42200 Brass
EN 1.4110 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C42200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4110 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C42200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 2.0 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 1030 | |
| 210 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1720 | |
| 300 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 1330 | |
| 100 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 31 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 180 | |
| 12 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 480 to 4550 | |
| 49 to 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 62 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 41 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 60 | |
| 10 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.4 to 86 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 8.7 to 13.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |