SAE-AISI 1015 Steel vs. R58150 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1015 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R58150 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1015 steel and the bottom bar is R58150 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 32 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 250 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 46 to 56 | |
| 68 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 52 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 270 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 440 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 370 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1760 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 48 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 110 | |
| 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 360 | |
| 1110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.13 to 99.57 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 83.5 to 86 |