C68800 Brass vs. Grade 350 Maraging Steel
C68800 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 350 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68800 brass and the bottom bar is grade 350 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 36 | |
| 4.1 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 510 | |
| 710 to 1400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 1140 to 2420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 790 | |
| 830 to 2300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 180 | |
| 98 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 38 to 82 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 29 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 35 to 74 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 3.8 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 70.8 to 75.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 61.2 to 64.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21.3 to 24.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |