I 500x300x8x25 Cintac · Weight & Dimensions

Cintac, welded sections · Wide Flange (I-beam)

Wide flange beams (W shapes / I-beams) are the most common structural steel profile used in building construction. They are used for beams, columns, and girders in steel-framed buildings and bridges. Designed per AISC 360, Eurocode 3, and NBR 8800.

Also known as: I 500x300x8x25 (México) · Doble T I 500x300x8x25 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x300x8x25 steel profile weighs 146.0 kg/m (98.12 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 300 mm (11.81 in). Cross-sectional area: 18,600 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 90,762.5 cm⁴, Iy = 11,251.92 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	500 mm	19.69 in
Width (b)	300 mm	11.81 in
Web thickness (tw)	8 mm	0.31 in
Flange thickness (tf)	25 mm	0.98 in
Weight	146.0 kg/m	98.12 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	18,600 mm²	28.830 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	90,762.5 cm⁴	2180.57 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	11,251.92 cm⁴	270.33 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	3,630.5 cm³	221.548 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	750.13 cm³	45.776 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	3,967.5 cm³	242.113 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	1,132.2 cm³	69.091 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	22.09 cm	8.697 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	7.78 cm	3.062 in