C66900 Brass vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
C66900 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 C66900 brass and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 26 | |
| 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 770 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 760 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 860 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.8 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.6 to 200 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2450 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62.5 to 64.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 22.5 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |