Grade 21 Titanium vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.7703 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |