EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. CC490K Brass
EN 1.4401 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC490K brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC490K brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 76 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 910 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 72 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 16 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 800 | |
| 54 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 7.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 9.5 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 8.2 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 81 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.5 |