Grade 5 Titanium vs. WE54A Magnesium
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while WE54A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is WE54A magnesium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 44 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 4.3 to 5.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 98 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 17 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 150 to 170 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 270 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 960 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 25 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 47 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 34 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 260 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 900 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 360 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 18 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 88.7 to 93.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Unspecified Rare Earths, % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 4.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |