C33500 Brass vs. S21603 Stainless Steel
C33500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21603 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 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 C33500 brass and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 28 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 53 to 91 | |
| 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 360 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 650 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 420 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.0 to 160 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 69 to 860 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 57.6 to 67.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.25 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.8 to 37.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |