Grade 6 Titanium vs. Grade 14 Titanium
Both grade 6 titanium and grade 14 titanium are titanium alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 6 titanium and the bottom bar is grade 14 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 27 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.8 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 | |
| 93 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3390 | |
| 450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 8.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 65 | |
| 35 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.060 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 89.8 to 94 | |
| 98.4 to 99.56 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |