EN 1.4567 Stainless Steel vs. C43000 Brass
EN 1.4567 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C43000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 1.4567 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C43000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 51 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 490 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 780 | |
| 320 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 390 | |
| 130 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 28 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 20 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 400 | |
| 82 to 1350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 10 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 11 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 84 to 87 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.3 to 71.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 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 | |
| 1.7 to 2.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 9.7 to 14.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |