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C42200 Brass vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

C42200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C42200 brass and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.0 to 46
2.2 to 11
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
76
Shear Strength, MPa 210 to 350
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 300 to 610
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 570
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 200
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1040
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1020
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
18
Density, g/cm3 8.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 110
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 49 to 1460
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 9.5 to 19
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 18
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 21
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 86 to 89
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.050
65 to 76
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 8.7 to 13.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants