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Grade 6 Titanium vs. AWS E349

Grade 6 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AWS E349 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 6 titanium and the bottom bar is AWS E349.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
29
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890
770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1580
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1530
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.8
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.4
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.2
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
25
Density, g/cm3 4.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 30
4.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 480
72
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 55
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 65
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.75
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
60.5 to 71.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.5 to 2.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.35 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.75 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
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 to 0.15
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.3 to 1.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0