Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. C46500 Brass
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 280 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |