EN 1.6580 Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
EN 1.6580 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6580 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, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 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 |