R58150 Titanium vs. A242.0 Aluminum
R58150 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while A242.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R58150 titanium and the bottom bar is A242.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 1.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 52 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1760 | |
| 680 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.4 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 48 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 1130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 | |
| 9.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 89.3 to 93.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.7 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 83.5 to 86 | |
| 0.070 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |