Grade 21 Titanium vs. C82600 Copper
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C82600 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 C82600 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 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 570 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 320 to 1070 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 11 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 430 to 4690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 19 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 94.9 to 97.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| 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 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| 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 |