C68300 Brass vs. AISI W5 Steel
C68300 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI W5 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68300 brass and the bottom bar is AISI W5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 600 to 2360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 21 to 84 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 20 to 78 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 63 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 96.6 to 98.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.2 to 40.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |