MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade C-5 Titanium vs. B390.0 Aluminum

Grade C-5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while B390.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 B390.0 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
76
Elongation at Break, % 6.7
0.88
Fatigue Strength, MPa 510
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
29
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 940
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
640
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 560
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.1
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.0
27
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
88

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
11
Density, g/cm3 4.4
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 38
7.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 610
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
940

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 66
2.6
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4200
410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 63
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 50
38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
55
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 71
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.8
72.7 to 79.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.1
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.25
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
16 to 18
Titanium (Ti), % 87.5 to 91
0 to 0.1
Vanadium (V), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2