Aged Titanium 6-6-2 vs. EN 1.4596 +P1400 Steel
Aged titanium 6-6-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4596 +P1400 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 aged titanium 6-6-2 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 +P1400 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 670 | |
| 780 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 | |
| 1600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1230 | |
| 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 29 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 470 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 79 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 57 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 90 | |
| 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 73.4 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.2 to 10.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.8 to 87.8 | |
| 0.28 to 0.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |