Grade 13 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI 1213 Steel
Grade 13 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1213 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 13 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1213 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 11 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 | |
| 200 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 | |
| 40 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 290 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 440 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 260 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 520 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 | |
| 63 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 180 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 98.4 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.040 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.24 to 0.33 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.5 to 99.56 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |