ASTM B817 Type II vs. EN 1.7230 Steel
ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.7230 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B817 type II and the bottom bar is EN 1.7230 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 13 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 320 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 720 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 780 to 900 | |
| 510 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 350 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 40 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 650 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 to 120 | |
| 79 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2890 to 3890 | |
| 700 to 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 58 | |
| 26 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 47 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 62 to 66 | |
| 21 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.37 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 96.7 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.1 to 87.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |