Grade 21 Titanium vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while Type 1 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 4.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 500 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 220 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 33 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 130 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 50.7 to 56.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 43.5 to 46.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |