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Grade 16 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI H42 Steel

Grade 16 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H42 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 16 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H42 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 38
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400
700 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 420
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1660
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1610
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 540
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 22
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.2
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.5
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 36
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 600
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
98

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
23 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27
21 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.9
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.55 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 0
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
79.3 to 83.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.25
0
Palladium (Pd), % 0.040 to 0.080
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 98.8 to 99.96
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
5.5 to 6.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.2
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0