C355.0 Aluminum vs. Grade 28 Titanium
C355.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 28 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 C355.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 28 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.7 to 3.8 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 76 to 84 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 310 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 230 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 39 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.5 to 9.8 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 380 | |
| 1370 to 3100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 32 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 37 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 60 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 47 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.7 to 94.1 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 92.4 to 95.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |