Grade 20 Titanium vs. C15500 Copper
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C15500 copper belongs to the copper 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 grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is C15500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 3.0 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 280 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 130 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 15 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 72 to 1210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 9.8 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 99.75 to 99.853 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.027 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |