Grade 29 Titanium vs. 6110A Aluminum
Grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6110A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 29 titanium and the bottom bar is 6110A aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 560 | |
| 220 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 360 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 250 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 42 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 39 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 640 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 100 | |
| 47 to 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3420 to 3540 | |
| 450 to 1300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 36 to 47 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 48 | |
| 41 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 65 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 68 to 69 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 94.8 to 98 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88 to 90.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |