EN 1.1203 Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
EN 1.1203 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 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 1.1203 steel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 15 | |
8.6 to 11 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
530 to 630 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
40 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 480 | |
600 to 710 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 780 | |
1000 to 1190 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 480 | |
910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
330 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1610 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1650 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
560 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
6.8 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
8.9 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
1.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
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 | 1.4 | |
38 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
610 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
200 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
100 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 610 | |
3980 to 5880 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
35 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
62 to 75 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
50 to 56 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
2.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
5.5 to 6.8 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.52 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.9 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
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 |