8090 Aluminum vs. Titanium 6-7
8090 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 8090 aluminum and the bottom bar is titanium 6-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.5 to 13 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 91 to 140 | |
| 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 490 | |
| 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 420 | |
| 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 1700 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 960 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.6 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 540 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 41 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 to 1330 | |
| 3460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 49 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 50 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 93 to 98.4 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0090 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 2.2 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 84.9 to 88 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.040 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |