AWS ERTi-1 vs. 6463 Aluminum
AWS ERTi-1 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6463 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 AWS ERTi-1 and the bottom bar is 6463 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 45 to 76 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
| 140 to 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 82 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 170 to 180 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 510 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 52 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 50 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.7 | |
| 79 to 86 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 6.3 to 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 97.9 to 99.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0.030 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.773 to 99.97 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |