AWS ERTi-5 vs. Sintered 6061 Aluminum
AWS ERTi-5 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while sintered 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERTi-5 and the bottom bar is sintered 6061 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
68 |
Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
0.5 to 6.0 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 | |
32 to 62 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
25 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
83 to 210 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 | |
62 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
400 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
610 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.1 | |
200 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
23 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
52 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
170 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
8.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
1180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 | |
0.68 to 7.0 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3250 | |
28 to 280 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
51 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 56 | |
8.6 to 21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
16 to 29 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
81 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 63 | |
3.8 to 9.4 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
96 to 99.4 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.22 | |
0 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0.4 to 1.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0.12 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.8 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 88.2 to 90.9 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 1.5 |