515.0 Aluminum vs. Grade 23 Titanium
515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 23 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 515.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 23 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 6.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 470 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 540 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 930 to 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 67 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.6 to 96.6 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 88.1 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |