Grade 5 Titanium vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 5 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 to 25 | |
| 56 to 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |