EN 1.0303 Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
EN 1.0303 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0303 steel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 25 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 75 to 86 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 260 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 410 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 94 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 270 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.2 to 13 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.335 to 99.71 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |