S21904 Stainless Steel vs. C66900 Brass
S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66900 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C66900 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 1.1 to 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 620 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 460 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 330 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 4.6 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 460 to 2450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 14 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62.5 to 64.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| 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 | |
| 22.5 to 26 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |