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Titanium 6-5-0.5 vs. CC497K Bronze

Titanium 6-5-0.5 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while CC497K bronze 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. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 6-5-0.5 and the bottom bar is CC497K bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
93
Elongation at Break, % 6.7
6.7
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.36
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
34
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1080
190
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 990
91

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
160
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 300
130
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
870
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
330
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 4.2
53
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.4
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.0
9.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.1
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 41
29
Density, g/cm3 4.5
9.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 33
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 540
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
370

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71
10
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4630
45
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
5.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
16
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 67
5.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 52
7.8
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 1.7
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 79
7.2

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.7 to 6.3
0 to 0.010
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.75
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
67.5 to 77.5
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0
18 to 23
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.25 to 0.75
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.5 to 2.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.19
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.1
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.010
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.1
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Titanium (Ti), % 85.6 to 90.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 2.0
Zirconium (Zr), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0