5040 Aluminum vs. Grade 18 Titanium
5040 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 5040 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, % | 5.7 to 6.8 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 130 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 150 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 260 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 230 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 41 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 15 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 380 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 32 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 11 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 95.2 to 98 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 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), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |