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Grade C-5 Titanium vs. 4115 Aluminum

Grade C-5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 4115 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 C-5 titanium and the bottom bar is 4115 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 310
38 to 68
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
70
Elongation at Break, % 6.7
1.1 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 510
39 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
120 to 220
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 940
39 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 560
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.1
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.0
41
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
9.5
Density, g/cm3 4.4
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 38
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 610
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 66
2.1 to 10
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4200
11 to 270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 63
12 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 50
20 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
66
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 71
5.2 to 9.9

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.8
94.6 to 97.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.25
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
1.8 to 2.2
Titanium (Ti), % 87.5 to 91
0
Vanadium (V), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15