Grade 20 Titanium vs. C71500 Copper-nickel
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C71500 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is C71500 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 52 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 380 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1240 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 12 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 | |
| 63.5 to 70.6 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |