C87500 Brass vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel
C87500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 52100 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C87500 brass and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 | |
| 590 to 2010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 360 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 67 | |
| 54 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 350 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 21 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 19 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 79 to 85 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 96.5 to 97.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 12 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |