Grade 28 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI H22 Steel
Grade 28 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H22 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 28 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H22 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 | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 700 to 1920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.3 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 37 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 72 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 66 | |
| 22 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 3.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 82.2 to 87.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.4 to 95.4 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |