EN 1.1127 Steel vs. Grade 23 Titanium
EN 1.1127 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 23 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1127 steel and the bottom bar is grade 23 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 25 | |
| 6.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 470 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 480 | |
| 540 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 790 | |
| 930 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 580 | |
| 850 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.4 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 140 | |
| 61 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 880 | |
| 3430 to 3560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 67 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.34 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.6 to 98.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 88.1 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |