C19025 Copper vs. Grade 20 Titanium
C19025 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19025 copper and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 17 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 620 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 19 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.1 to 98.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.7 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |