MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Titanium 6-7 vs. 6012 Aluminum

Titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6012 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 6-7 and the bottom bar is 6012 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
69
Elongation at Break, % 11
9.1 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
55 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 45
26
Shear Strength, MPa 610
130 to 190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1020
220 to 320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 900
110 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 300
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1700
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1650
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 520
890
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.3
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
9.5
Density, g/cm3 5.1
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 34
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 540
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
21 to 28
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3460
94 to 480
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 32
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 56
22 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 44
29 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 66
10 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.5
92.2 to 98
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.0090
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.4 to 2.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
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
0.6 to 1.4
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 84.9 to 88
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15