Sintered 2014 Aluminum vs. Grade 9 Titanium
Sintered 2014 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 9 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is sintered 2014 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 9 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 0.5 to 3.0 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 52 to 100 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 to 290 | |
| 700 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 280 | |
| 540 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 580 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.0 to 5.7 | |
| 89 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 68 to 560 | |
| 1380 to 3220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 27 | |
| 43 to 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 33 | |
| 39 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 51 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.2 to 13 | |
| 52 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.5 to 96.3 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.6 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |