C48600 Brass vs. Grade 20 Titanium
C48600 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium 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 C48600 brass and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 230 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 360 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 170 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 to 59 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 61 to 140 | |
| 2940 to 5760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 to 12 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 12 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.020 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 33.4 to 39.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |