Grade C-3 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI 1006 Steel
Grade C-3 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1006 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade C-3 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1006 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 94 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 22 to 33 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 340 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 180 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 510 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 75 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 | |
| 86 to 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 12 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 99.43 to 99.75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |