Grade 11 Titanium vs. EN 1.5520 Steel
Grade 11 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.5520 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 11 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.5520 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 37 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 300 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.2 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 800 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 470 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 | |
| 42 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 240 to 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 15 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 12 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 97.7 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 99.88 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |