Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. EN 1.7231 Steel
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.7231 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 610 to 710 | |
| 360 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 790 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 570 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 87 to 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.38 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 96.4 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |