Grade Ti-Pd18 Titanium vs. 6105 Aluminum
Grade Ti-Pd18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6105 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-Pd18 titanium and the bottom bar is 6105 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 9.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 95 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 190 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 | |
| 120 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.2 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 46 to 50 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 150 to 170 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 41 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 670 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 | |
| 100 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 | |
| 20 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 72 to 79 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 52 | |
| 8.6 to 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 97.2 to 99 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.5 to 95.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |