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Grade C-6 Titanium vs. Grade 24 Titanium

Both grade C-6 titanium and grade 24 titanium are titanium alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 C-6 titanium and the bottom bar is grade 24 titanium.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
110
Elongation at Break, % 9.0
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
550
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890
1010
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 830
940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 310
340
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1580
1610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1530
1560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
560
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.8
7.1
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.8
9.6

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.2
1.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.5
4.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 30
43
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 480
710
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 78
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3300
4160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
35
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 55
63
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 46
50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
2.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 63
72

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 4.0 to 6.0
5.5 to 6.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.080
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Palladium (Pd), % 0
0.040 to 0.080
Tin (Sn), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Titanium (Ti), % 89.7 to 94
87.5 to 91
Vanadium (V), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4