S38815 Stainless Steel vs. C42600 Brass
S38815 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C42600 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C42600 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 1.1 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 280 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
| 410 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 | |
| 220 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 9.4 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.1 to 67 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13 to 17 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.020 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.3 to 10.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |