Titanium 6-7 vs. 204.0 Aluminum
Titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 204.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 6-7 and the bottom bar is 204.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
71 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
5.7 to 7.8 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 | |
63 to 77 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
27 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
230 to 340 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 900 | |
180 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 300 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1700 | |
650 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
580 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
880 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 5.1 | |
3.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 34 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 540 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
1150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
12 to 23 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3460 | |
220 to 350 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
46 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 56 | |
21 to 31 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
28 to 36 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 | |
12 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
93.4 to 95.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
4.2 to 5.0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0090 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
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 0.2 |
Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 84.9 to 88 | |
0.15 to 0.3 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |