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Grade 32 Titanium vs. C44500 Brass

Grade 32 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C44500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 32 titanium and the bottom bar is C44500 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 670
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 310
140
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
940
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.5
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.2
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.0
25
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.1
27

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 38
26
Density, g/cm3 4.5
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 32
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 530
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2100
65
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.0
35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 63
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
70 to 73
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.060
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.070
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.11
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0.020 to 0.1
Silicon (Si), % 0.060 to 0.14
0
Tin (Sn), % 0.6 to 1.4
0.9 to 1.2
Titanium (Ti), % 88.1 to 93
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.6 to 1.4
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
25.2 to 29.1
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.6 to 1.4
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4