Grade 20 Titanium vs. Titanium 6-6-2
Both grade 20 titanium and titanium 6-6-2 are titanium alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is titanium 6-6-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 6.7 to 9.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 590 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 23 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 670 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 1140 to 1370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 1040 to 1230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 470 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 89 to 99 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 66 to 79 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 50 to 57 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 75 to 90 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 82.8 to 87.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |