Grade 29 Titanium vs. C19000 Copper
Grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C19000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 29 titanium and the bottom bar is C19000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 2.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 560 | |
| 170 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 260 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 140 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 250 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 60 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 61 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 39 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 640 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 100 | |
| 18 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3420 to 3540 | |
| 89 to 1730 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 8.2 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 48 | |
| 10 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 68 to 69 | |
| 9.3 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.9 to 99 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88 to 90.9 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |