C48500 Brass vs. S36200 Stainless Steel
C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S36200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C48500 brass and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 3.4 to 4.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 680 to 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 1180 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 960 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 46 to 51 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 2380 to 3930 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 42 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 32 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 40 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 14.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 75.4 to 79.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.3 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |