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Grade 20 Titanium vs. 6012 Aluminum

Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6012 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 6012 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
69
Elongation at Break, % 5.7 to 17
9.1 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 630
55 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 47
26
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 740
130 to 190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900 to 1270
220 to 320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 850 to 1190
110 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 370
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1660
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1600
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 520
890
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 5.0
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 52
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 860
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 150
21 to 28
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2940 to 5760
94 to 480
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 33
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 50 to 70
22 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41 to 52
29 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 55 to 77
10 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 3.0 to 4.0
92.2 to 98
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.020
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.4 to 2.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
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
0.6 to 1.4
Titanium (Ti), % 71 to 77
0 to 0.2
Vanadium (V), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Zirconium (Zr), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants