Grade 35 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel
Grade 35 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 5160 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 35 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 180 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 580 | |
| 390 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 | |
| 660 to 1150 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 630 | |
| 280 to 1010 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1630 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.4 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 33 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 530 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 | |
| 73 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1830 | |
| 200 to 2700 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 61 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
| 22 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 70 | |
| 19 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.56 to 0.61 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 97.1 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88.4 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.1 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |