C38000 Brass vs. EN 1.4031 Stainless Steel
C38000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4031 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 C38000 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4031 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 400 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 670 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 | |
| 390 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 110 | |
| 770 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 760 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 50 | |
| 77 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 74 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 23 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.36 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 60 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 83 to 87.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 35.9 to 43.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |