Grade 21 Titanium vs. K93050 Alloy
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while K93050 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is K93050 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 500 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 61.4 to 63.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 36 |
| 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 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |