EN 1.8062 Steel vs. CC751S Brass
EN 1.8062 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC751S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8062 steel and the bottom bar is CC751S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 510 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1910 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 810 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 28 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 57 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62.7 to 66 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 97.1 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 2.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 0.65 to 1.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 27.9 to 35.6 |