S45500 Stainless Steel vs. C99750 Brass
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 220 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 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 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |