5383 Aluminum vs. Grade 25 Titanium
5383 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 25 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 5383 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 25 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 15 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 to 200 | |
| 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 220 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 370 | |
| 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 310 | |
| 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 9.6 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 97 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 700 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1170 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 23 to 40 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 690 | |
| 4220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 42 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 51 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 92 to 95.3 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.0 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 86.7 to 90.6 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |