7475 Aluminum vs. Grade 28 Titanium
7475 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 28 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 7475 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 28 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 12 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 210 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 350 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 590 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 440 to 520 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 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 to 160 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 to 42 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 98 to 120 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1130 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 68 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1390 to 1920 | |
| 1370 to 3100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 55 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 48 to 52 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 to 63 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 47 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 88.6 to 91.6 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 92.4 to 95.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.1 to 6.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |