EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. C42600 Brass
EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C42600 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C42600 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 1.1 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 280 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 410 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 220 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 9.4 to 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.3 to 10.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |