C42500 Brass vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel
C42500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C42500 brass and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 49 | |
| 9.0 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 to 92 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 360 | |
| 370 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 630 | |
| 530 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 590 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 130 | |
| 77 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 1570 | |
| 93 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.9 to 20 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.1 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |