EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. C37100 Brass
EN 1.4541 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C37100 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 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C37100 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 8.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 260 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 370 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 150 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 38 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 110 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.2 to 74 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 41.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |