C48500 Brass vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C48500 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.3 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |