EN 1.7076 Steel vs. Grade 21 Titanium
EN 1.7076 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7076 steel and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 64 to 69 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 51 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 1700 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 60 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 40 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 50 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 98.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| 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 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |