Grade 5 Titanium vs. EN 1.0434 Steel
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.0434 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.0434 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 12 to 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 to 25 | |
| 64 to 74 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 280 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 390 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 250 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 39 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 170 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 15 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.15 to 0.19 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 98.8 to 99.18 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 0.85 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |