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AM60B Magnesium vs. Titanium 6-7

AM60B magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while titanium 6-7 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. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AM60B magnesium and the bottom bar is titanium 6-7.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 45
120
Elongation at Break, % 11
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 96
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 17
45
Shear Strength, MPa 140
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230
1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 130
900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1700
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1000
520
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
75
Density, g/cm3 1.7
5.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 23
34
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
540
Embodied Water, L/kg 990
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 21
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
3460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 71
32
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 50
44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
66

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.5
5.5 to 6.5
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.010
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.0090
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 92.6 to 94.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.24 to 0.6
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.5 to 7.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.0020
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
6.5 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
84.9 to 88
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.22
0