ASTM B817 Type II vs. 6110A Aluminum
ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6110A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 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 ASTM B817 type II and the bottom bar is 6110A aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 13 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 360 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 780 to 900 | |
| 250 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 350 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 40 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 650 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 to 120 | |
| 47 to 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2890 to 3890 | |
| 450 to 1300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 58 | |
| 36 to 47 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 47 | |
| 41 to 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 62 to 66 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 94.8 to 98 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.7 to 1.1 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.1 to 87.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |