MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade 12 Titanium vs. 6463 Aluminum

Grade 12 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6463 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 12 titanium and the bottom bar is 6463 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
42 to 74
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
68
Elongation at Break, % 21
9.0 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
45 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
26
Shear Strength, MPa 330
86 to 150
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530
140 to 230
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
82 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 420
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 320
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1660
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1610
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 540
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
190 to 210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.3
50 to 55
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 6.6
170 to 180

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
9.5
Density, g/cm3 4.5
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 31
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 500
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
17 to 25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 770
50 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
14 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.5
79 to 86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 37
6.3 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.9 to 99.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.6 to 0.9
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.25
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Titanium (Ti), % 97.6 to 99.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15