S13800 Stainless Steel vs. C68700 Brass
S13800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C68700 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C68700 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 23 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 90 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 79 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17.8 to 22.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |