Grade 20 Titanium vs. ASTM B817 Type I
Both grade 20 titanium and ASTM B817 type I are titanium alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 ASTM B817 type I.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 4.0 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 360 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 23 | |
| 5.0 to 29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 770 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 700 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 30 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 2310 to 3540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 48 to 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 42 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 54 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 87 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |