2011 Aluminum vs. Grade 5 Titanium
2011 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 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 2011 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.5 to 18 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 74 to 120 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 250 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 420 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 310 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 to 170 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 to 45 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 to 130 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 52 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 680 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 51 to 64 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.3 to 94.6 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |