Titanium 4-4-2 vs. 5040 Aluminum
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 5040 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 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 titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is 5040 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 5.7 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 240 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 190 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 260 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 31 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 95.2 to 98 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |