S21904 Stainless Steel vs. C27200 Brass
S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C27200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C27200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 10 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 620 | |
| 230 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 370 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 150 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 30 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 110 to 810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 12 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 34.6 to 38 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |