MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. CC751S Brass

EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC751S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 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 1.4740 stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC751S brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 22
5.6
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
40

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
130
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
850
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
810
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 18
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
25
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
28

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
330

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.8
35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
62.7 to 66
Iron (Fe), % 75.4 to 82.7
0.25 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.8 to 2.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.15
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0.65 to 1.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0
27.9 to 35.6