Grade VDSiCrV Steel vs. Grade 19 Titanium
Grade VDSiCrV steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDSiCrV steel and the bottom bar is grade 19 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 48 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2100 | |
| 890 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 26 | |
| 760 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 75 | |
| 49 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 41 to 53 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 63 | |
| 57 to 83 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.1 to 97.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.2 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71.1 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |