Titanium 4-4-2 vs. 515.0 Aluminum
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is 515.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 1120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 93.6 to 96.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| 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 | |
| 0.5 to 10 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |