C99400 Brass vs. Grade 33 Titanium
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 33 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is grade 33 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 17 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 530 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
| 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.1 to 99.52 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |