Titanium 4-4-2 vs. C46500 Brass
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 280 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 170 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |