Type 1 Magnetic Alloy vs. Grade 21 Titanium
Type 1 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 38 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 51 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 830 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 790 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 77 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 to 150 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1690 | |
| 2760 to 5010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 28 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.7 to 56.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.5 to 46.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |