SAE-AISI 1095 Steel vs. CC765S Brass
SAE-AISI 1095 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC765S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1095 steel and the bottom bar is CC765S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 11 | |
| 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 900 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 590 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 91 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 34 |
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 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 to 84 | |
| 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 930 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 29 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.9 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 51 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.8 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 6.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 19.8 to 47.7 |