ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel vs. Grade Ti-Pd16 Titanium
ASTM A387 grade 9 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd16 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd16 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 600 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 87 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 110 | |
| 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 310 | |
| 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.8 to 99.96 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |