SAE-AISI D3 Steel vs. R58150 Titanium
SAE-AISI D3 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R58150 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI D3 steel and the bottom bar is R58150 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.8 to 15 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 940 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 52 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 1220 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 2050 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 1550 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1760 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 48 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 180 | |
| 94 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 74 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 47 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 63 | |
| 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 2.0 to 2.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.3 to 87 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 83.5 to 86 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |