S15700 Stainless Steel vs. CC763S Brass
S15700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC763S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 S15700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC763S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 460 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 29 | |
| 7.3 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1890 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1770 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 270 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 640 to 4660 | |
| 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 67 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 43 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 to 63 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 56.5 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.8 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.7 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 18.9 to 41 |