AWS ERTi-2 vs. Nickel 685
AWS ERTi-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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-2 and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 510 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.7 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| 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 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.667 to 99.92 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |