EN 1.7386 Steel vs. Grade 23 Titanium
EN 1.7386 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 23 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 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 EN 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is grade 23 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 6.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 290 | |
| 470 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 410 | |
| 540 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 670 | |
| 930 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 440 | |
| 850 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.4 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 110 | |
| 61 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 490 | |
| 3430 to 3560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 67 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.8 to 90.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 88.1 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |