Grade 21 Titanium vs. C19020 Copper
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C19020 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is C19020 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 2.3 to 5.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 260 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 440 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 55 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 95.7 to 99.19 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 3.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.9 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |