Grade 29 Titanium vs. 7005 Aluminum
Grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 7005 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 29 titanium and the bottom bar is 7005 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 100 to 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 560 | |
| 120 to 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 200 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 95 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 35 to 43 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 110 to 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 39 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 640 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 1150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 100 | |
| 32 to 57 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3420 to 3540 | |
| 65 to 850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 47 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 19 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 48 | |
| 26 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 54 to 65 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 68 to 69 | |
| 8.7 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 91 to 94.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88 to 90.9 | |
| 0.010 to 0.060 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |