AWS ERTi-5 vs. Titanium 4-4-2
Both AWS ERTi-5 and titanium 4-4-2 are titanium alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERTi-5 and the bottom bar is titanium 4-4-2.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
10 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 | |
590 to 620 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
42 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
1150 to 1250 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 | |
1030 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
310 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
1610 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
1560 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
540 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.1 | |
6.7 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
39 |
Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
4.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
30 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
480 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 | |
110 to 120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3250 | |
4700 to 5160 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
34 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 56 | |
68 to 74 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
52 to 55 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
2.6 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 63 | |
86 to 93 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
3.0 to 5.0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.22 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
3.0 to 5.0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0.12 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0.3 to 0.7 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 2.5 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 88.2 to 90.9 | |
85.8 to 92.2 |
Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |