Titanium 6-7 vs. EN AC-42100 Aluminum
Titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN AC-42100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 6-7 and the bottom bar is EN AC-42100 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 3.4 to 9.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 76 to 82 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 280 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 900 | |
| 210 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 500 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 300 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.1 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 34 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 540 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 1110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 9.1 to 23 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3460 | |
| 300 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 56 | |
| 30 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 37 to 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 91.3 to 93.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0090 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.19 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 84.9 to 88 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |