EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. C48600 Brass
EN 1.4596 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C48600 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C48600 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1600 | |
| 280 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 56 | |
| 9.5 to 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 39 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 54 | |
| 9.3 to 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.4 to 76.4 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.9 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.2 to 10.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.28 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 33.4 to 39.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |