ASTM A387 Grade 11 Steel vs. AWS ERTi-7
ASTM A387 grade 11 steel belongs to the iron 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 11 steel and the bottom bar is AWS ERTi-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 250 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 600 | |
| 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 800 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 470 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 130 | |
| 64 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 320 | |
| 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 8.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.2 to 97.6 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 99.417 to 99.8 |