Titanium 6-6-2 vs. C71500 Copper-nickel
Titanium 6-6-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C71500 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 titanium 6-6-2 and the bottom bar is C71500 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 52 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 1370 | |
| 380 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1240 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.1 | |
| 4.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 4.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 41 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 29 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 470 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 66 to 79 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 75 to 90 | |
| 12 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 63.5 to 70.6 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.8 to 87.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |