C48500 Brass vs. Grade 21 Titanium
C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 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 C48500 brass and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 550 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 2760 to 5010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.3 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |