AWS ERTi-1 vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
AWS ERTi-1 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERTi-1 and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 510 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 52 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0.030 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.773 to 99.97 | |
| 0 |