Grade 31 Titanium vs. EN 1.7230 Steel
Grade 31 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.7230 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 grade 31 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.7230 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
11 to 12 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
320 to 460 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 | |
720 to 910 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
510 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
44 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.9 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
51 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
79 to 97 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 940 | |
700 to 1460 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
26 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
23 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 | |
21 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0.3 to 0.37 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.2 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
96.7 to 98.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 97.9 to 99.76 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |