Grade Ti-Pd7B Titanium vs. SAE-AISI M4 Steel
Grade Ti-Pd7B titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M4 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 Ti-Pd7B titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M4 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 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 | |
| 770 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 840 | |
| 210 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 520 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 26 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 23 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 | |
| 24 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.3 to 1.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 75.9 to 81.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.3 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.12 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 99.9 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.3 to 6.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |