ASTM B817 Type II vs. 201.0 Aluminum
ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B817 type II and the bottom bar is 201.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 13 | |
| 4.4 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 370 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 780 to 900 | |
| 220 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 350 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 40 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 650 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 to 120 | |
| 19 to 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2890 to 3890 | |
| 330 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 58 | |
| 33 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 47 | |
| 37 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 62 to 66 | |
| 19 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 92.1 to 95.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.55 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.1 to 87.8 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |