EN 1.5918 Steel vs. Grade Ti-Pd16 Titanium
EN 1.5918 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd16 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5918 steel and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd16 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1390 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 49 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 35 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 41 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.14 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.9 to 96.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.8 to 99.96 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |