S31730 Stainless Steel vs. C34500 Brass
S31730 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C34500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S31730 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C34500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 12 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 340 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 | |
| 120 to 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 42 to 75 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 99 | |
| 69 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 11 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.4 to 61 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 16.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 32 to 36.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |