MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S21603 Stainless Steel vs. C49300 Brass

S21603 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C49300 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C49300 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
100
Elongation at Break, % 45
4.5 to 20
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
40
Shear Strength, MPa 490
270 to 290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
430 to 520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
210 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
880
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
840
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
26
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
370

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
21 to 71
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
220 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
15 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
16 to 18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
14 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.5
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
58 to 62
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.010
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.2
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
1.0 to 1.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0
30.6 to 40.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5