C36200 Brass vs. S31277 Stainless Steel
C36200 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S31277 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C36200 brass and the bottom bar is S31277 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 53 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 420 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 360 | |
| 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 90 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 140 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 89 to 630 | |
| 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 14 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 14 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 60 to 63 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 35.5 to 46.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 32.4 to 36.5 | |
| 0 |