C42500 Brass vs. SAE-AISI M3 Class 2 Steel
C42500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M3 class 2 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 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 C42500 brass and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M3 class 2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 630 | |
| 770 to 2210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.9 to 20 | |
| 26 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 22 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 24 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 75.8 to 82.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.1 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |