354.0 Aluminum vs. AWS ERTi-1
354.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS ERTi-1 belongs to the titanium alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 354.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS ERTi-1.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 92 to 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 380 | |
| 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 310 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 530 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 32 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 510 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1070 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.6 to 9.8 | |
| 52 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 540 to 670 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 44 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 52 | |
| 8.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 87.3 to 89.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.6 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 8.6 to 9.4 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 99.773 to 99.97 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |