Titanium 4-4-2 vs. 6151 Aluminum
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6151 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is 6151 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 1.1 to 5.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 80 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 330 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 270 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 3.5 to 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 520 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 70 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 95.6 to 98.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| 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 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |