C49300 Brass vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel
C49300 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4541 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 C49300 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 20 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 290 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 520 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 410 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 88 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 21 to 71 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 800 | |
| 120 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 29 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 65.2 to 74 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |