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Titanium 6-7 vs. EN AC-43500 Aluminum

Titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN AC-43500 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-43500 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
72
Elongation at Break, % 11
4.5 to 13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
62 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 45
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1020
220 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 900
140 to 170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
550
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
12 to 26
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3460
130 to 200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 32
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 56
24 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 44
32 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 66
10 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.5
86.4 to 90.5
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 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
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
9.0 to 11.5
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 84.9 to 88
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15