AWS ERTi-2 vs. Grade CY40 Nickel
AWS ERTi-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while grade CY40 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERTi-2 and the bottom bar is grade CY40 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 510 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.7 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 67 to 86 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0.080 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.667 to 99.92 | |
| 0 |