EN 1.7108 Steel vs. Grade C-2 Titanium
EN 1.7108 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade C-2 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 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 1.7108 steel and the bottom bar is grade C-2 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 510 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 2070 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 510 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 75 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 47 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 63 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.57 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 96.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.6 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.8 to 100 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |