EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. C66200 Brass
EN 1.3975 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C66200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 410 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 40 to 66 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 760 to 1030 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 86.6 to 91 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58.2 to 65.4 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 12.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |