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Re: Engineering Failure Analysis

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Originally Posted by Adam Y. View Post
Im sure a mechanical engineer would help me but I remember reading that there is a alloy of titanium that has the same properties of certain alloys of aluminum. It still costs more but you are not getting any advantage over using it.
Compare 7075-T6 aluminum (McMaster-Carr 9063K163) with grade 2 titanium (McMaster-Carr 89145K363). They don't have the same properties, exactly, but the tensile yield strengths are similar. These particular materials aren't representative of the huge variety of alloys and tempers available, though.