EN 1.8959 Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
EN 1.8959 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 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 EN 1.8959 steel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 16 | |
8.6 to 11 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
530 to 630 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
40 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
600 to 710 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
1000 to 1190 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
330 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1610 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1650 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
560 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
6.8 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
8.9 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
1.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.7 | |
36 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
4.4 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
38 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
610 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
200 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 | |
100 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 | |
3980 to 5880 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
35 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
62 to 75 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
50 to 56 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
2.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
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Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
5.5 to 6.8 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.19 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.9 to 99 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 1.6 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
87.4 to 91 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 4.5 |
Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |