Grade 18 Titanium vs. C38000 Brass
Grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C38000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 18 titanium and the bottom bar is C38000 brass.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 810 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 110 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 800 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 760 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.3 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 41 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 670 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 50 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3110 | |
| 74 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 67 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 55 to 60 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.5 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.9 to 43.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |