Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. Grade 200 Maraging Steel
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is grade 200 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 9.1 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 600 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 970 to 1500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 690 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 33 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 29 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 67.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |