C46400 Brass vs. Grade Ti-Pd8A Titanium
C46400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd8A titanium belongs to the titanium 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 C46400 brass and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd8A titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 3.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 840 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 520 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 140 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 8.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.3 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.8 to 99.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |