Grade 5 Titanium vs. C63800 Bronze
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C63800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is C63800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 7.9 to 41 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 320 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 460 to 1010 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 15 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 17 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 2.5 to 3.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 95.8 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |