C46500 Brass vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 C46500 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 50 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 520 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 610 | |
| 830 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 490 | |
| 730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 160 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 1170 | |
| 1350 to 1790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 75.9 to 82.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.2 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |