6063A Aluminum vs. AWS ERTi-7
6063A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS ERTi-7 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 6063A aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS ERTi-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 53 to 80 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 130 to 260 | |
| 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 55 to 200 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 49 to 54 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 180 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 800 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 470 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 21 | |
| 64 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 22 to 280 | |
| 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 83 | |
| 8.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.6 to 11 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 97.5 to 99 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 99.417 to 99.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |