Grade 19 Titanium vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
Grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 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 grade 19 titanium and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 17 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 620 | |
| 60 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1300 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.2 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3040 to 5530 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 72 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 53 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.4 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 57 to 83 | |
| 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71.1 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |