Grade 9 Titanium vs. C43500 Brass
Grade 9 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C43500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 9 titanium and the bottom bar is C43500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 8.5 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 580 | |
| 220 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 960 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 830 | |
| 120 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 580 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 110 | |
| 44 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3220 | |
| 65 to 1040 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 60 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 48 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 52 to 71 | |
| 11 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 83 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.6 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 15.4 to 20.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |