359.0 Aluminum vs. Grade 33 Titanium
359.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 33 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 359.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 33 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.8 to 4.9 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 350 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 530 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 530 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1090 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 15 | |
| 86 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 to 540 | |
| 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 54 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 to 38 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 43 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 8.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 88.9 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 98.1 to 99.52 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |