Titanium 6-5-0.5 vs. Grade 32 Titanium
Both titanium 6-5-0.5 and grade 32 titanium are titanium alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 6-5-0.5 and the bottom bar is grade 32 titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 23 | |
| 28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 630 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1080 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 990 | |
| 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 4.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 8.2 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 41 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 33 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 540 | |
| 530 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 | |
| 83 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4630 | |
| 2100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 67 | |
| 47 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 1.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 63 |
Alloy Composition
Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.7 to 6.3 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| 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), % | 0.25 to 0.75 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.19 | |
| 0 to 0.11 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.4 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.6 to 90.1 | |
| 88.1 to 93 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.4 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |