MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade VDCrV Steel vs. CC753S Brass

Grade VDCrV steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC753S 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 VDCrV steel and the bottom bar is CC753S brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 520
100
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1730
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
820
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
780
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
99
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
26
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
29

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
23
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
330

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 61
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 51
11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.62 to 0.72
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
56.8 to 60.5
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.8
0.5 to 0.8
Lead (Pb), % 0
1.8 to 2.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.5 to 1.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.8
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
33.1 to 40