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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. C85900 Brass

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C85900 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C85900 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
85
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
100
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
130
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
830
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
790
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
89
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
58 to 62
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.090
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.010
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0.1 to 0.65
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
31 to 41
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.7