Grade 7 Titanium vs. C55280 Copper
Grade 7 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C55280 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 7 titanium and the bottom bar is C55280 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.2 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 800 | |
| 67 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 5.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 90.5 to 91.4 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 6.8 to 7.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.7 to 99.88 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |