S45500 Stainless Steel vs. C87400 Brass
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C87400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C87400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 65 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 79 to 85.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |