SAE-AISI 1064 Steel vs. Grade 21 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1064 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1064 steel and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
140 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 13 | |
9.0 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
550 to 660 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.32 |
Reduction in Area, % | 42 to 43 | |
22 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
51 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 440 | |
550 to 790 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 730 | |
890 to 1340 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 480 | |
870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
310 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1740 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1690 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
500 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
7.5 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
60 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
5.4 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
32 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
490 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 81 | |
110 to 180 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 630 | |
2760 to 5010 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
32 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 26 | |
46 to 69 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
38 to 50 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
2.8 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
2.5 to 3.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
14 to 16 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
2.2 to 3.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.17 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.25 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
76 to 81.2 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |