ASTM B817 Type II vs. ASTM A514 Steel
ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while ASTM A514 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B817 type II and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 13 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 780 to 900 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 350 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.6 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 40 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 650 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 to 120 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2890 to 3890 | |
| 1280 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 58 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 47 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 62 to 66 | |
| 23 to 24 |