EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. C68000 Brass
EN 1.4903 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C68000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 C68000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 27 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 96 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 56 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| 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 | |
| 0.040 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.6 to 42.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |