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Grade C-6 Titanium vs. Grade 32 Titanium

Both grade C-6 titanium and grade 32 titanium are titanium alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 32 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
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 830
670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 310
310
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1580
1610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1530
1560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
550
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.8
7.5
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.8
8.2

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.2
1.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
38
Density, g/cm3 4.5
4.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 30
32
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 480
530
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 78
83
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3300
2100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
35
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 55
47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 46
41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
3.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 63
63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 4.0 to 6.0
4.5 to 5.5
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 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.11
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.060 to 0.14
Tin (Sn), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.6 to 1.4
Titanium (Ti), % 89.7 to 94
88.1 to 93
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.6 to 1.4
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.6 to 1.4
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4