Grade 36 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI 1016 Steel
Grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1016 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 36 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1016 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 21 to 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 180 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 280 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 430 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 | |
| 240 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 2020 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1950 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 58 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 920 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 92 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 | |
| 150 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 45 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.13 to 0.18 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0035 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 98.8 to 99.27 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 42 to 47 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 52.3 to 58 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |