C99400 Brass vs. Titanium 15-3-3-3
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 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 titanium 15-3-3-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 1120 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 1100 to 1340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 9.8 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 17 | |
| 1.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 2.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 950 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 64 to 80 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 50 to 57 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 79 to 98 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 72.6 to 78.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |