Grade Ti-Pd17 Titanium vs. 6151 Aluminum
Grade Ti-Pd17 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6151 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 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 Ti-Pd17 titanium and the bottom bar is 6151 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 1.1 to 5.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 | |
| 80 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 330 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 270 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 45 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 150 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 | |
| 3.5 to 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 520 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.8 | |
| 70 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 95.6 to 98.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| 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 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.9 to 99.96 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |