EN 1.5682 Steel vs. C66300 Brass
EN 1.5682 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66300 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 1.5682 steel and the bottom bar is C66300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 2.3 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 290 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 460 to 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 17 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 870 | |
| 710 to 2850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 15 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 16 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 84.5 to 87.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.7 to 91.1 | |
| 1.4 to 2.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 12.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |