Grade 18 Titanium vs. C16200 Copper
Grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C16200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 18 titanium and the bottom bar is C16200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 2.0 to 56 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 480 | |
| 100 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 240 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 810 | |
| 48 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.3 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 90 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 90 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 41 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 670 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 10 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3110 | |
| 10 to 970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 7.4 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 9.6 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 67 | |
| 8.7 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 98.6 to 99.3 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.5 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |