EN 1.5503 Steel vs. C33000 Brass
EN 1.5503 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C33000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 EN 1.5503 steel and the bottom bar is C33000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 7.0 to 60 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 320 | |
| 240 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 520 | |
| 320 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 430 | |
| 110 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 81 | |
| 35 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 490 | |
| 60 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 11 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 65 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.239 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 30.8 to 34.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |