C46500 Brass vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S17600 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C46500 brass and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 50 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 610 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 490 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 160 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 1170 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.2 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |