AWS E383 vs. Grade 29 Titanium
AWS E383 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E383 and the bottom bar is grade 29 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 930 to 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.4 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 89 | |
| 640 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 47 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 68 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26.5 to 29 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.6 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 28.8 to 39.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 88 to 90.9 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |