MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade VDC Steel vs. CC762S Brass

Grade VDC steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC762S brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 grade VDC steel and the bottom bar is CC762S brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
43
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
840

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
920
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
870
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
420
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
28
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
32

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
350

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
15
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
3.0 to 7.0
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.030
Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
57 to 67
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
1.5 to 4.0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
2.5 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 3.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
13.4 to 36