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Grade 6 Titanium vs. AWS E209

Grade 6 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AWS E209 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 6 titanium and the bottom bar is AWS E209.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890
770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1580
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1530
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.4
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
21
Density, g/cm3 4.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 30
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 480
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 55
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 65
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.75
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
51.5 to 64.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0
4.0 to 7.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.5 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0.1 to 0.3
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Titanium (Ti), % 89.8 to 94
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0