Grade 18 Titanium vs. C66900 Brass
Grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C66900 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 18 titanium and the bottom bar is C66900 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 1.1 to 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 460 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 810 | |
| 330 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 41 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 670 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 4.6 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3110 | |
| 460 to 2450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 67 | |
| 14 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62.5 to 64.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| 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 | |
| 22.5 to 26 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |