AWS ERTi-7 vs. 6101 Aluminum
AWS ERTi-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while 6101 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERTi-7 and the bottom bar is 6101 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 10 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 26 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 57 to 60 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 190 to 200 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 800 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 470 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.8 | |
| 89 to 93 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 97.6 to 99.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| 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 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.417 to 99.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |