Titanium 4-4-2 vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 9310 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 300 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 540 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 93.8 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |