C68000 Brass vs. EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel
C68000 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4482 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68000 brass and the bottom bar is EN 1.4482 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 | |
| 770 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 530 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 96 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 | |
| 690 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 21 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19.5 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 56 to 60 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 66.1 to 74.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.010 to 0.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.040 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.75 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 35.6 to 42.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |