SAE-AISI 1042 Steel vs. Grade Ti-Pd18 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1042 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1042 steel and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
| 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 580 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 94 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 to 900 | |
| 1380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 52 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.47 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |