C48500 Brass vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 C48500 brass and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.3 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |