Grade 16 Titanium vs. EN 1.7767 Steel
Grade 16 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.7767 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 16 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.7767 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.2 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 64 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 550 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 93.8 to 95.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 99.96 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |