MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C85900 Brass vs. S44537 Stainless Steel

C85900 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S44537 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C85900 brass and the bottom bar is S44537 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 85
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
200
Elongation at Break, % 30
21
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 460
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 170
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 830
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 790
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 89
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 25
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 28
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
19
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 29
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.6
0 to 0.1
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 58 to 62
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
69 to 78.6
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.040 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.090
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0.1 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0.1 to 0.65
0 to 0.0060
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.020 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.0 to 3.0
Zinc (Zn), % 31 to 41
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.7
0