Grade Ti-Pd17 Titanium vs. 5251 Aluminum
Grade Ti-Pd17 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 5251 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade Ti-Pd17 titanium and the bottom bar is 5251 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 44 to 79 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 2.0 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 | |
| 59 to 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 67 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 37 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 120 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 | |
| 5.4 to 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 33 to 450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 26 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.8 | |
| 61 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 7.9 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 95.5 to 98.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.9 to 99.96 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |