Grade 20 Titanium vs. Grade 29 Titanium
Both grade 20 titanium and grade 29 titanium are titanium alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is grade 29 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 460 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 23 | |
| 17 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 550 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 930 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 850 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 640 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 62 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 3420 to 3540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 47 to 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 68 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| 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 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 88 to 90.9 |
| 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 |