EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. C32000 Brass
EN 1.4903 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C32000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C32000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 6.8 to 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 270 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 | |
| 78 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 990 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 36 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 37 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 30 to 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 28 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 8.8 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 9.5 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 83.5 to 86.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 10.6 to 15 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |