R58150 Titanium vs. ASTM A372 Grade F Steel
R58150 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while ASTM A372 grade F steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R58150 titanium and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade F steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 310 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 52 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 410 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 650 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 | |
| 430 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1760 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.4 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 48 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 94 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1110 | |
| 500 to 810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 23 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 96.8 to 97.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 83.5 to 86 | |
| 0 |