Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. Grade 20 Titanium
Both titanium 15-3-3-3 and grade 20 titanium are titanium alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 610 to 710 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |