C23400 Brass vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel
C23400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C23400 brass and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 52 to 91 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 530 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 22 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 81 to 84 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 15.7 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |