6101A Aluminum vs. Grade Ti-Pd18 Titanium
6101A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 6101A aluminum and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 80 | |
| 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 55 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 180 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 1380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 84 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 | |
| 52 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 97.9 to 99.3 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |