Grade 21 Titanium vs. ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 Steel
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 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 grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 5.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 960 to 1350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 760 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1500 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 1500 to 3590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 34 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 32 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 72.3 to 78.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.6 to 4.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |