C99750 Brass vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S45000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 C99750 brass and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 120 | |
| 280 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 30 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 48 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 280 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 300 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.25 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 61 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 17 to 23 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 17 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |