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Grade 21 Titanium vs. C82400 Copper

Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C82400 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is C82400 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 140
120
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 17
1.0 to 20
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 51
45
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890 to 1340
500 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 870 to 1170
260 to 970

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
230
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 310
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1740
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1690
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.5
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 7.1
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 5.4
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 32
8.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 490
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 180
10 to 83
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2760 to 5010
270 to 3870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.6
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 32
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 46 to 69
16 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 38 to 50
16 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.8
39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 66 to 100
17 to 36

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 2.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.15
Beryllium (Be), % 0
1.6 to 1.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0.2 to 0.65
Copper (Cu), % 0
96 to 98.2
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.020
Molybdenum (Mo), % 14 to 16
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.2
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 0.1
Titanium (Ti), % 76 to 81.2
0 to 0.12
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants