Grade 21 Titanium vs. ZA-27
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while ZA-27 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is ZA-27.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 78 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 2.0 to 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 260 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 130 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 530 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 80 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 570 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 8.1 to 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 420 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 69.3 to 73 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |