CC760S Brass vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
CC760S brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC760S brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 51 | |
| 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 40 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 4.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83 to 88 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 10.7 to 17 | |
| 0 |