Steel and brass
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Anyone know whats heavier?

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

Brass - 0.306 lb/cu in
Steel - 0.283 lb/cu in

So Brass is heavier.

Sorry abou the units, but it came from my old Newnes Engineers Pocket Book.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

google it lad,

brass is 8.5 gms per cm3,
ans stainless steel is 8 gms per cm3, so even taking into account the dromium in stainless steel brass will still be slightly heavier than your average carbon stll,and most ,if not all steels,


carl

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Google? its easier to ask you.

Cheers lads

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

who is the stronger metal?

Depends on what you want to use it for.

Nothing major. I compared an alloy door hinge to a steel one the other day to see what weight saving I would get, The hinges on my car are brass so didnt know how that compared. It would seem now though that I will get an even bigger saving as the brass ones are even heavier.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

Can't say I've ever heard of brass hinges fitted to cars.

Edited by Jason G on 1st Jan, 2008.

Early MK1 were brass. Theyre quite rare.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

a kg of brass weighs the same as a kg of steel.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

lmao

But a ton of feathers is lighter than a ton of lead. lol

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

Trust carl ,
A ton of feathers and a ton of lead weigh differant on the moon though dont they?

Edited by Jordan on 1st Jan, 2008.

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yes, about a sixth of what they would on earth.

Yes but would the ton of feathers weigh differant to the ton of lead?

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no,

your thinking of the rate they fall at.

the ton of feathers falls slower on earth due to air resistance.

if you have two of the same weights of course it will weigh the same =/

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I sense Carl has a hidden argument here. My intelligence is often hidden by beer most of the time, so I'm going to sit on the fence on this one till I'm sober enough to come out with some amazing piece of fact.