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Titanium 6-7 vs. EN AC-43000 Aluminum

Titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN AC-43000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 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 6-7 and the bottom bar is EN AC-43000 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
71
Elongation at Break, % 11
1.1 to 2.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
68 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 45
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1020
180 to 270
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 900
97 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 300
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1700
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1650
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 520
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.3
22

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
9.5
Density, g/cm3 5.1
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 34
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 540
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1070

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
2.9 to 5.7
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3460
66 to 360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 32
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 56
20 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 44
28 to 36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 66
8.6 to 12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.5
87 to 90.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.0090
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.55
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.45
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
9.0 to 11
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 84.9 to 88
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15