C66200 Brass vs. Grade 21 Titanium
C66200 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 C66200 brass and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 300 | |
| 550 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 480 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 66 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 760 to 1030 | |
| 2760 to 5010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 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 16 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.6 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.2 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.5 to 12.9 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |