EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. C69300 Brass
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C69300 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C69300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 330 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 300 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 47 to 70 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 400 to 700 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 73 to 77 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.040 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 18.4 to 24.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |