AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. C46200 Brass
AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C46200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C46200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 17 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 1010 | |
| 240 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 370 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 120 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 620 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 800 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 69 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 4410 | |
| 72 to 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 33.3 to 37.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |