AWS ERTi-5 vs. A201.0 Aluminum
AWS ERTi-5 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while A201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERTi-5 and the bottom bar is A201.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 4.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 97 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 | |
| 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 90 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 1150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 | |
| 22 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3250 | |
| 1250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 56 | |
| 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 63 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.22 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0.12 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88.2 to 90.9 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |