C46500 Brass vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4006 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 C46500 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 50 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 610 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 490 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 160 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 1170 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.2 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |