SAE-AISI 1140 Steel vs. Grade 29 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1140 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1140 steel and the bottom bar is grade 29 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 460 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 46 | |
| 17 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 550 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 700 | |
| 930 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 570 | |
| 850 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.3 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 640 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 93 | |
| 62 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 870 | |
| 3420 to 3540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 47 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 68 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 88 to 90.9 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |