SAE-AISI 1078 Steel vs. Grade 31 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1078 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 31 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 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 1078 steel and the bottom bar is grade 31 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 470 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 780 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 90 | |
| 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 to 860 | |
| 940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 26 | |
| 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.72 to 0.85 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| 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 | |
| 97.9 to 99.76 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |