MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

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.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

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