EN AC-45300 Aluminum vs. Titanium 6-7
EN AC-45300 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-45300 aluminum and the bottom bar is titanium 6-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 2.8 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 59 to 72 | |
| 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 290 | |
| 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1700 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 590 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 540 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.7 to 5.6 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 390 | |
| 3460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 13 | |
| 66 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.2 to 94.2 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0090 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 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), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 84.9 to 88 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |