SAE-AISI 1212 Steel vs. ASTM B817 Type I
SAE-AISI 1212 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B817 type I 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 1212 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type I.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 28 | |
| 4.0 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 290 | |
| 360 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 51 | |
| 5.0 to 29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 620 | |
| 770 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 700 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.6 |
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 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 to 110 | |
| 30 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 560 | |
| 2310 to 3540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 48 to 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 42 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 54 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99.07 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.16 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |