EN 1.7117 Steel vs. C99750 Brass
EN 1.7117 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7117 steel and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 480 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1930 | |
| 450 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.49 to 0.56 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.2 to 96.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |