MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C26000 Brass vs. EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel

C26000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4530 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 C26000 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 41
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 320 to 680
1030 to 1370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 140
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 950
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 920
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
15
Density, g/cm3 8.2
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
46
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 11 to 23
36 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13 to 21
29 to 35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 23
35 to 47

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.6 to 0.8
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.0059
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11.5 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 68.5 to 71.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.050
74.4 to 77.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.070
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.9 to 2.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.28 to 0.37
Zinc (Zn), % 28.1 to 31.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.3
0