Grade 21 Titanium vs. 201.0 Aluminum
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is 201.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 4.4 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 370 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 220 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 19 to 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 330 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 33 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 37 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 19 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 92.1 to 95.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.55 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |