SAE-AISI 1536 Steel vs. Grade 12 Titanium
SAE-AISI 1536 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 12 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1536 steel and the bottom bar is grade 12 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
170 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
280 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.32 |
Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 46 | |
28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
39 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 440 | |
330 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 720 | |
530 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 600 | |
410 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
420 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
320 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1660 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1610 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
540 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
21 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
9.6 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
3.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
6.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
37 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
4.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
31 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
500 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
110 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 98 | |
110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 to 950 | |
770 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
35 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
32 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
8.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 23 | |
37 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.37 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
97.6 to 99.2 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |