C11600 Copper vs. Titanium 6-7
C11600 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 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 C11600 copper and the bottom bar is titanium 6-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.7 to 50 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 410 | |
| 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 77 to 410 | |
| 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1700 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 540 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.7 to 91 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 25 to 710 | |
| 3460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 to 13 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.4 to 14 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 to 15 | |
| 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.78 to 99.915 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0090 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.085 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 84.9 to 88 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |