EN 1.5662 Steel vs. C48500 Brass
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is C48500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 13 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 400 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 160 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 56 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 120 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 13 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 34.3 to 39.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |