Grade 19 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI 1042 Steel
Grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1042 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 19 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1042 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 17 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 620 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 | |
| 39 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 750 | |
| 380 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1300 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 340 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.2 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 760 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 87 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3040 to 5530 | |
| 320 to 900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 72 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 53 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.4 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 57 to 83 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.4 to 0.47 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 98.5 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71.1 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |