Titanium 4-4-2 vs. Grade 18 Titanium
Both titanium 4-4-2 and grade 18 titanium are titanium alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |