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2024 Aluminum vs. Grade 20 Titanium

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
120
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
5.7 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
550 to 630
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
47
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 320
560 to 740
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
900 to 1270
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
850 to 1190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
370
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
520
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
9.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.0
5.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
52
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
860
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
350

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
71 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
2940 to 5760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
33
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
50 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
41 to 52
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
55 to 77

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
3.0 to 4.0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
5.5 to 6.5
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.020
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.12
Palladium (Pd), % 0
0.040 to 0.080
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
71 to 77
Vanadium (V), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
3.5 to 4.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4

Comparable Variants