C99750 Brass vs. EN 1.3567 Steel
C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.3567 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99750 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.3567 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 120 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 48 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 500 to 1420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 15 to 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.25 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 61 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 96.8 to 98.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 17 to 23 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |