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3203 Aluminum vs. Grade 36 Titanium

3203 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 3203 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 36 titanium.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
110
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 29
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 46 to 92
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.36
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
39
Shear Strength, MPa 72 to 120
320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 110 to 200
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 39 to 190
520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
320
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
2020
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1950
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
420
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.8
6.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
58
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
920
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 8.0 to 25
59
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11 to 250
1260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
9.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 11 to 20
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 4.9 to 8.8
45

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.9 to 99
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.0035
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.030
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
42 to 47
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.16
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
52.3 to 58
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4