Titanium 6-7 vs. EN 1.1122 Steel
Titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.1122 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 6-7 and the bottom bar is EN 1.1122 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 170 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 29 | |
| 63 to 73 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 | |
| 240 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 340 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 900 | |
| 240 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 300 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 34 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 540 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 36 to 89 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3460 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 56 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 | |
| 11 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0090 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 98.7 to 99.62 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 84.9 to 88 | |
| 0 |