C26200 Brass vs. EN 1.4513 Stainless Steel
C26200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4513 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C26200 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4513 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 180 | |
| 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 770 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 490 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 160 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 62 to 1110 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 67 to 70 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 77.7 to 83.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 29.6 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |