C42200 Brass vs. EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel
C42200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4935 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 C42200 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4935 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 46 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 350 | |
| 480 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 610 | |
| 780 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 570 | |
| 570 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 31 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 32 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 110 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 49 to 1460 | |
| 830 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 21 | |
| 27 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.17 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 89 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 83 to 86.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 8.7 to 13.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |