Grade 12 Titanium vs. C51100 Bronze
Grade 12 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C51100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 12 titanium and the bottom bar is C51100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 2.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 330 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 93 to 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.6 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 500 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 18 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 770 | |
| 38 to 2170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 93.8 to 96.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.9 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 97.6 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |