Grade 20 Titanium vs. 5042 Aluminum
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 5042 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 5042 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 1.1 to 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 97 to 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 340 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 270 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 3.6 to 12 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 550 to 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 40 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 94.2 to 96.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| 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 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |