Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 2.0 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 610 to 710 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 22 to 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| 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 |