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Grade 5 Titanium vs. C15500 Copper

Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while C15500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 C15500 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
120
Elongation at Break, % 8.6 to 11
3.0 to 37
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
43
Shear Strength, MPa 600 to 710
190 to 320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000 to 1190
280 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 910 to 1110
130 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 330
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1650
1080
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 560
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 6.8
350
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.9
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.0
90
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
91

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
33
Density, g/cm3 4.4
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 38
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 610
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
360

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100 to 110
15 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3980 to 5880
72 to 1210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 62 to 75
8.6 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 50 to 56
11 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
100
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 76 to 91
9.8 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
99.75 to 99.853
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.080 to 0.13
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0.040 to 0.080
Silver (Ag), % 0
0.027 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti), % 87.4 to 91
0
Vanadium (V), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Yttrium (Y), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2