SAE-AISI 1039 Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1039 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1039 steel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 45 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 420 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 690 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 580 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 94 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 890 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| 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 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |