C46200 Brass vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
C46200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 431 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C46200 brass and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 34 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 550 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 480 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 290 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 400 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 35 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.3 to 37.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |