C34000 Brass vs. Grade 200 Maraging Steel
C34000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 C34000 brass and the bottom bar is grade 200 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 650 | |
| 970 to 1500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 33 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 29 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 67.8 to 71.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33 to 37.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |