Grade 29 Titanium vs. 771.0 Aluminum
Grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 771.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 29 titanium and the bottom bar is 771.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 1.7 to 6.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 92 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 250 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 210 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 630 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 82 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 39 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 640 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 1130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 100 | |
| 4.4 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3420 to 3540 | |
| 310 to 900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 23 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 48 | |
| 29 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 54 to 58 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 68 to 69 | |
| 11 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 90.5 to 92.5 |
| 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 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| 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 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88 to 90.9 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |