5456 Aluminum vs. R58150 Titanium
5456 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while R58150 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 26 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 5456 aluminum and the bottom bar is R58150 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 to 210 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 52 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 210 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 250 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1760 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 48 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1170 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 to 46 | |
| 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 470 | |
| 1110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 35 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 40 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 48 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 92 to 94.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.7 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 83.5 to 86 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |