SAE-AISI H41 Steel vs. Grade 7 Titanium
SAE-AISI H41 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 7 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H41 steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2210 | |
| 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.8 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 97 | |
| 800 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 470 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 76 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 47 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 64 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 85 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.2 to 9.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.7 to 99.88 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.4 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |