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Grade 5 Titanium vs. Cork

Grade 5 titanium and cork belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 5 titanium is a metal, while cork is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, 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 grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is cork.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
0.020
Elongation at Break, % 8.6 to 11
15
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
0.010
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000 to 1190
0.85

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 560
2000
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 6.8
0.040
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.9
200

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.4
0.15

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
0.074
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
60
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 62 to 75
1.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 50 to 56
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
0.13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 76 to 91
16