72x72x5

square hollow section — 10.01 kg per metre, 12.76 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 4923:2017 (Amd. 2) Table 1 - Square Hollow Sections.

xyB 72D 72t 5
Mass per metre
10.01kg/m
Sectional area
12.76cm²
Depth
72mm
Width
72mm

Square Hollow Sections. Reproduced as printed in IS 4923:2017 (Amd. 2) Table 1 - Square Hollow Sections.

72x72x5 section properties

As printed in IS 4923:2017 (Amd. 2) Table 1 - Square Hollow Sections. 72 mm deep, 72 mm wide. Units are shown on every row, because the two standards on this site use different ones for the radius of gyration.

Dimensions

Depth of section D 72 mm
Width of section B 72 mm
Wall thickness t 5 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 10.01 kg/m
Sectional area A 12.76 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area I 92.91 cm⁴
Radius of gyration r 2.7 cm
Elastic section modulus Ze 25.81 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zp 31.47 cm³

What a length of 72x72x5 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of 72x72x5 at six metres each is 10.01 × 6 × 10 = 601 kg. There is nothing else to it — the standard publishes the mass, so no one needs to compute it from the area.

You can check that mass against the area on this page: 12.76 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 10.02 kg/m. Every row in this dataset was checked that way, which is how the contradictions flagged on some of these pages were found.

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Common questions about 72x72x5

What is the weight of 72x72x5 per metre?

IS 4923 : 2017 gives 72x72x5 a mass of 10.01 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 12.76 cm² agrees: 12.76 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 10.02 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of 72x72x5 weigh?

60.06 kg. Mass per metre times length: 10.01 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 601 kg.

What are the dimensions of 72x72x5?

72 mm deep and 72 mm wide, with a 5 mm web.

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