EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. C46500 Brass
EN 1.4945 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 34 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 280 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 740 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 550 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 760 | |
| 170 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.9 to 65.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |