Grade 20 Titanium vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.0456 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 93 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 96.7 to 99.48 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |