Grade 11 Titanium vs. C46500 Brass
Grade 11 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 grade 11 titanium and the bottom bar is C46500 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
100 |
Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
18 to 50 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.31 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
40 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
280 to 380 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
380 to 610 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
170 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
120 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
900 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
890 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
380 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
120 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.2 | |
21 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.7 | |
26 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 800 | |
47 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 470 | |
330 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 | |
99 to 160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
170 to 1170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
7.2 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
20 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
13 to 21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
15 to 20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
38 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
59 to 62 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
0 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 1.0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 99.88 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
36.2 to 40.5 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |