Grade 19 Titanium vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.6579 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 19 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 17 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 620 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1300 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.2 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 760 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3040 to 5530 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 72 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 53 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.4 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 57 to 83 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71.1 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |