Grade 17 Titanium vs. C49300 Brass
Grade 17 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C49300 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 grade 17 titanium and the bottom bar is C49300 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 4.5 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 270 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 430 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 210 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 840 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 88 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 15 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 | |
| 21 to 71 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 220 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.3 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 14 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.015 to 99.96 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 30.6 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |