EN AC-48100 Aluminum vs. R58150 Titanium
EN AC-48100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while R58150 titanium 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 EN AC-48100 aluminum and the bottom bar is R58150 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 130 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 29 | |
| 52 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 300 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 640 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 580 | |
| 1760 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 470 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 48 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.3 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 940 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.3 to 3.6 | |
| 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 580 | |
| 1110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 38 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 72.1 to 79.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 83.5 to 86 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |