MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C32000 Brass vs. S31727 Stainless Steel

C32000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S31727 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C32000 brass and the bottom bar is S31727 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 29
40
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 41
78
Shear Strength, MPa 180 to 280
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270 to 470
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 78 to 390
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1020
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 990
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
24
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
64
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 30 to 59
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 28 to 680
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.8 to 15
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 16
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.5 to 16
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17.5 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 83.5 to 86.5
2.8 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
53.7 to 61.3
Lead (Pb), % 1.5 to 2.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.8 to 4.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.25
14.5 to 16.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.21
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 10.6 to 15
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0