SAE-AISI 1137 Steel vs. Titanium 4-4-2
SAE-AISI 1137 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while titanium 4-4-2 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 titanium 4-4-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 400 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 39 | |
| 20 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 690 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 760 | |
| 1150 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 650 | |
| 1030 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 100 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 1130 | |
| 4700 to 5160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 68 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 52 to 55 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 86 to 93 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 85.8 to 92.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |