C49300 Brass vs. EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel
C49300 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4107 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 C49300 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4107 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 20 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 520 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 410 | |
| 400 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 88 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 21 to 71 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 800 | |
| 420 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 29 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 83.8 to 87.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 30.6 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |