C87500 Brass vs. Grade 23 Titanium
C87500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 23 titanium belongs to the titanium 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 C87500 brass and the bottom bar is grade 23 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 6.7 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 | |
| 930 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 850 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 9.4 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.7 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 67 | |
| 61 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 3430 to 3560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 67 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 79 to 85 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 88.1 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 12 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |