SAE-AISI 1151 Steel vs. Grade 36 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1151 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1151 steel and the bottom bar is grade 36 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 410 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 480 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 2020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 920 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 100 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1170 | |
| 1260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 9.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0035 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 98.7 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 42 to 47 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 52.3 to 58 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |