Grade 18 Titanium vs. ZA-27
Grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while ZA-27 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 18 titanium and the bottom bar is ZA-27.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 78 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 2.0 to 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 480 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 810 | |
| 260 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 130 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 530 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.3 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 26 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 53 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 41 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 670 | |
| 80 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 570 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 8.1 to 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3110 | |
| 420 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 67 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.5 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 69.3 to 73 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |