Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. C17000 Copper
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is C17000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 1.1 to 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 320 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 490 to 1310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 160 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 4.2 to 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 15 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 16 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 17 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 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 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |