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Grade 20 Titanium vs. 7178 Aluminum

Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 7178 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 7178 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
71
Elongation at Break, % 5.7 to 17
4.5 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 630
120 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 47
27
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 740
140 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900 to 1270
240 to 640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 850 to 1190
120 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 370
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1660
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1600
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 520
860
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 5.0
3.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 52
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 860
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 150
24 to 52
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2940 to 5760
110 to 2220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 33
45
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 50 to 70
21 to 58
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41 to 52
28 to 54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 55 to 77
10 to 28

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 3.0 to 4.0
85.4 to 89.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 5.5 to 6.5
0.18 to 0.28
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.6 to 2.4
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.020
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.4 to 3.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.3
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 0.4
Titanium (Ti), % 71 to 77
0 to 0.2
Vanadium (V), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
6.3 to 7.3
Zirconium (Zr), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants