Grade 20 Titanium vs. 201.0 Aluminum
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is 201.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 4.4 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 370 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 220 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 19 to 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 330 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 33 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 37 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 19 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 92.1 to 95.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.55 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |