SAE-AISI 1524 Steel vs. Grade 28 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1524 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 28 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 1524 steel and the bottom bar is grade 28 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 48 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 390 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 650 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 540 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 110 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 760 | |
| 1370 to 3100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 47 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.19 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 95.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |