Grade 36 Titanium vs. C34200 Brass
Grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C34200 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 36 titanium and the bottom bar is C34200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 3.0 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 230 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 370 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 | |
| 150 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 2020 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1950 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 58 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 920 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 9.0 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 | |
| 110 to 870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 13 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 45 | |
| 12 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0035 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 42 to 47 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 52.3 to 58 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 32 to 36.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |