358.0 Aluminum vs. Titanium 6-7
358.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium 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 358.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is titanium 6-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 110 | |
| 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 370 | |
| 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 320 | |
| 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 520 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1700 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 540 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1090 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 20 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 710 | |
| 3460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 44 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 66 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 89.1 to 91.8 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0090 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 7.6 to 8.6 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 84.9 to 88 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |