Grade 21 Titanium vs. C67000 Bronze
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C67000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is C67000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 5.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 660 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 350 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 99 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 43 to 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 560 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 68 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 21.8 to 32.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |