C99400 Brass vs. Grade 200 Maraging Steel
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 200 maraging 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 C99400 brass and the bottom bar is grade 200 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 970 to 1500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 690 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
| 1240 to 5740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 33 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 29 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 67.8 to 71.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |