C99400 Brass vs. EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4421 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 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 C99400 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 880 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 620 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 17 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
| 960 to 2270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 31 to 39 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 31 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 74.4 to 80.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |