C37100 Brass vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
C37100 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C37100 brass and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 520 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 390 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 38 to 120 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 750 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 41.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |