EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. C68700 Brass
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C68700 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 EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C68700 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 | 760 to 1130 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 90 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 79 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17.8 to 22.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |