Grade 5 Titanium vs. Grade 18 Titanium
Both grade 5 titanium and grade 18 titanium are titanium alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 to 25 | |
| 23 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |