AWS ERTi-7 vs. 5056 Aluminum
AWS ERTi-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 5056 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERTi-7 and the bottom bar is 5056 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 67 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 4.9 to 31 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 140 to 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 25 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 | |
| 290 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 | |
| 150 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 99 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 800 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 470 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 | |
| 12 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
| 170 to 1220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 30 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 36 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.8 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 93 to 95.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0.080 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.417 to 99.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |