Type 2 Magnetic Alloy vs. Grade 5 Titanium
Type 2 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium 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 Type 2 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 38 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 910 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 870 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.9 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.2 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 81 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 160 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 2010 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 30 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 53 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 49 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |