Grade 18 Titanium vs. C37100 Brass
Grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C37100 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 18 titanium and the bottom bar is C37100 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 8.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 260 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 370 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 810 | |
| 150 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.3 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 41 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 670 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 38 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3110 | |
| 110 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 67 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 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 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.5 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 41.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |