C99750 Brass vs. S44537 Stainless Steel
C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S44537 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99750 brass and the bottom bar is S44537 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 110 to 120 | |
180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 30 | |
21 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.27 |
Rockwell B Hardness | 77 to 82 | |
80 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 48 | |
79 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 520 | |
510 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 280 | |
360 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
1000 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
1480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
1430 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
2.6 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
19 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
3.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
50 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
95 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 300 | |
320 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
18 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
17 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.25 to 3.0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
20 to 24 |
Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 61 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
69 to 78.6 |
Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
0.040 to 0.2 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 17 to 23 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 1.0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0060 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.2 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 3.0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 17 to 23 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |