SAE-AISI 1045 Steel vs. CC763S Brass
SAE-AISI 1045 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC763S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 SAE-AISI 1045 steel and the bottom bar is CC763S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 190 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 18 | |
| 7.3 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 680 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 580 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 32 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 93 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 900 | |
| 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 56.5 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 18.9 to 41 |