Grade 9 Titanium vs. EN 1.0580 Steel
Grade 9 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.0580 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 9 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.0580 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 5.6 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 480 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 580 | |
| 340 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 960 | |
| 540 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 830 | |
| 290 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 580 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 110 | |
| 31 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3220 | |
| 230 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 60 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 48 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 52 to 71 | |
| 17 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.22 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 97.5 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.6 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |