Grade 12 Titanium vs. ASTM A182 Grade F1
Grade 12 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while ASTM A182 grade F1 belongs to the iron alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 12 titanium and the bottom bar is ASTM A182 grade F1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.6 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 500 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 770 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.28 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 97.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.44 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 97.6 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |