EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. Grade 33 Titanium
EN AC-45000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 33 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 EN AC-45000 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 33 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 75 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 520 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 81 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 530 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1070 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.7 | |
| 86 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 80 | |
| 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 47 | |
| 8.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.0 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 82.2 to 91.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 98.1 to 99.52 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |