Grade C-3 Titanium vs. EN 1.7006 Steel
Grade C-3 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.7006 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade C-3 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.7006 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 160 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 530 to 1890 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 510 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 | |
| 16 to 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.42 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 97.6 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |