Grade 32 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI 1211 Steel
Grade 32 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1211 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 32 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1211 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 11 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 200 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 | |
| 40 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 430 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 670 | |
| 260 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.2 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 530 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 | |
| 61 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2100 | |
| 180 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 | |
| 15 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 63 | |
| 14 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 98.7 to 99.23 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.11 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.6 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88.1 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.6 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.6 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |