EN 1.7711 Steel vs. Grade 28 Titanium
EN 1.7711 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 28 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 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 1.7711 steel and the bottom bar is grade 28 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 520 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 570 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 930 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 800 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 33 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 140 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1690 | |
| 1370 to 3100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 47 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 95.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |