C99750 Brass vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel
C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 5140 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 C99750 brass and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 120 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 30 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 48 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 560 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 280 | |
| 290 to 840 |
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 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 76 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 300 | |
| 220 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.25 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 61 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 17 to 23 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |