MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.7701 Steel vs. C84200 Brass

EN 1.7701 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C84200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 1.7701 steel and the bottom bar is C84200 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 2010
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
990
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
840
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
370
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 44
72
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
16
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 52
350

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
6.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 71
8.2
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
10
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 59
9.1

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 460
Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Carbon (C), % 0.48 to 0.56
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0.9 to 1.2
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
78 to 82
Iron (Fe), % 96.2 to 97.7
0 to 0.4
Lead (Pb), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.1
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.080
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
10 to 16
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.7