Titanium 6-6-2 vs. ASTM B817 Type II
Both titanium 6-6-2 and ASTM B817 type II are titanium alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 6-6-2 and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type II.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 9.0 | |
| 3.0 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 670 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 to 23 | |
| 4.0 to 13 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 1370 | |
| 900 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1040 to 1230 | |
| 780 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 29 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 470 | |
| 650 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 99 | |
| 26 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 66 to 79 | |
| 55 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 45 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 75 to 90 | |
| 62 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.8 to 87.8 | |
| 82.1 to 87.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |