5657 Aluminum vs. Grade Ti-Pd7B Titanium
5657 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd7B 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 5657 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd7B titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 40 to 50 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.6 to 15 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 74 to 88 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 150 to 200 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 170 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 210 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 54 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 180 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 840 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 520 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 200 | |
| 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 84 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.7 to 8.6 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 98.5 to 99.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Gallium (Ga), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.8 to 99.9 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |