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Grade 5 Titanium vs. Tungsten Carbide

Grade 5 titanium and tungsten carbide belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 5 titanium is a metal, while tungsten carbide is a ceramic 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 (23, 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 tungsten carbide.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
630
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.24
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000 to 1190
350

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 330
1000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 560
280
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 6.8
85
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.9
5.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.4
15

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
24
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 62 to 75
6.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 50 to 56
7.5
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 76 to 91
7.2