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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. C44500 Brass

AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C44500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C44500 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
140
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
940
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
26
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
65
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
70 to 73
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
0 to 0.060
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0.020 to 0.1
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.9 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
25.2 to 29.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4