EN 1.5501 Steel vs. Grade 19 Titanium
EN 1.5501 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 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 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is grade 19 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 5.6 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 270 | |
| 550 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 63 to 73 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 310 | |
| 550 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 510 | |
| 890 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 760 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 83 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 460 | |
| 3040 to 5530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 49 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 41 to 53 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 57 to 83 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.16 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.269 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71.1 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |