SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. CC761S Brass
SAE-AISI 1010 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC761S 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 SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is CC761S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 31 | |
| 8.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 910 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 43 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 93 | |
| 41 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 290 | |
| 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 78 to 83 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.18 to 99.62 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 8.9 to 19 |