EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel vs. C84800 Brass
EN 1.4530 stainless steel 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 (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C84800 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
100 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
39 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1370 | |
230 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
180 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
150 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
950 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
830 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
370 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
27 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
46 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
340 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
6.6 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 48 | |
7.3 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
9.6 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 47 | |
8.2 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
75 to 77 |
Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 77.3 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
5.5 to 7.0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.9 to 2.2 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
2.0 to 3.0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.28 to 0.37 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
13 to 17 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.7 |