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Titanium 6-7 vs. 2024 Aluminum

Titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 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 6-7 and the bottom bar is 2024 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
71
Elongation at Break, % 11
4.0 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
90 to 180
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 45
27
Shear Strength, MPa 610
130 to 320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1020
200 to 540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 900
100 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 300
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1700
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1650
500
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 520
880
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.3
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
11
Density, g/cm3 5.1
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 34
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 540
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
20 to 68
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3460
70 to 1680
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 32
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 56
18 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 44
25 to 49
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 66
8.6 to 24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.5
90.7 to 94.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.8 to 4.9
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.0090
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.2 to 1.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.3 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.2
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.5
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 84.9 to 88
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15