EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. C38000 Brass
EN 1.4301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C38000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C38000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 550 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 110 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 800 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 760 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
| 50 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 820 | |
| 74 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 55 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.9 to 43.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |