Grade 34 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI M44 Steel
Grade 34 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M44 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 34 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M44 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 | |
| 870 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1590 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 43 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 33 | |
| 9.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 530 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 28 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.4 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 | |
| 27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 1.1 to 1.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 65.3 to 70.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.010 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98 to 99.52 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 5.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |