SAE-AISI 1137 Steel vs. Grade 19 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1137 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 19 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 1137 steel and the bottom bar is grade 19 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 5.6 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 400 | |
| 550 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 39 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 550 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 760 | |
| 890 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 650 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 760 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 100 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 1130 | |
| 3040 to 5530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 49 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 41 to 53 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 57 to 83 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71.1 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |