515.0 Aluminum vs. Grade 19 Titanium
515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 515.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 19 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 5.6 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 550 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 550 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 890 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 760 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 49 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
| 41 to 53 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 57 to 83 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.6 to 96.6 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71.1 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |