EN 1.5662 Steel vs. Grade 21 Titanium
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 550 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 550 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 2760 to 5010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |