Grade 28 Titanium vs. C70260 Copper
Grade 28 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C70260 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 28 titanium and the bottom bar is C70260 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 320 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 520 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 810 | |
| 410 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.3 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 40 to 50 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 40 to 51 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 37 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 46 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 3100 | |
| 710 to 1810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 16 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 66 | |
| 18 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 95.8 to 98.8 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.4 to 95.4 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |