Grade 29 Titanium vs. C17000 Copper
Grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 29 titanium and the bottom bar is C17000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 1.1 to 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 560 | |
| 320 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 490 to 1310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 160 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 39 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 640 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 100 | |
| 4.2 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3420 to 3540 | |
| 110 to 5420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 15 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 48 | |
| 16 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 68 to 69 | |
| 17 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.3 to 98.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88 to 90.9 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |