356.0 Aluminum vs. Grade 18 Titanium
356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 356.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 3.8 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 55 to 75 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 190 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 190 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 to 170 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 to 43 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 to 150 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.2 to 8.2 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 70 to 250 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 33 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 to 71 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 11 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.1 to 93.3 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |