C23400 Brass vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
C23400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S45000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C23400 brass and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 130 |
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 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 22 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 81 to 84 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 15.7 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |