7022 Aluminum vs. Grade 18 Titanium
7022 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 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 7022 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.3 to 8.0 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 170 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 320 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 540 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 460 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 480 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 21 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 65 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1130 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 40 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1100 to 1500 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 to 51 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 50 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 87.9 to 92.4 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.6 to 3.7 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.3 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |