C48500 Brass vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 C48500 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| 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 |