Grade 20 Titanium vs. 2017A Aluminum
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 2017A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is 2017A aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 2.2 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 92 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 120 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 200 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 110 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 510 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 1140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 6.7 to 53 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 90 to 570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 19 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 26 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 8.9 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 91.3 to 95.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |