C48600 Brass vs. Grade 9 Titanium
C48600 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 9 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C48600 brass and the bottom bar is grade 9 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 230 | |
| 430 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 360 | |
| 700 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 170 | |
| 540 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 9.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 28 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 580 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 to 59 | |
| 89 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 61 to 140 | |
| 1380 to 3220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 to 12 | |
| 43 to 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 39 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 12 | |
| 52 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.6 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.4 to 39.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |