Grade 5 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI 1065 Steel
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1065 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 SAE-AISI 1065 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 to 25 | |
| 34 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 430 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 710 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 430 to 550 |
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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 74 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 490 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 25 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| 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 |