7050 Aluminum vs. Grade 21 Titanium
7050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 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 7050 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 12 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 to 210 | |
| 550 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 330 | |
| 550 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 570 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 500 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 490 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 860 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 55 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1110 to 1760 | |
| 2760 to 5010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 to 51 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 50 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 87.3 to 92.1 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.7 to 6.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |