EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. C66200 Brass
EN 1.4913 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C66200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 270 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
| 410 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 700 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 35 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 36 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
| 40 to 66 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1860 | |
| 760 to 1030 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 86.6 to 91 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 12.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |