SAE-AISI 1078 Steel vs. C87500 Brass
SAE-AISI 1078 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C87500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1078 steel and the bottom bar is C87500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 780 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 6.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 90 | |
| 67 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 to 860 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 26 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.72 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 85 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |