SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. Grade 36 Titanium
SAE-AISI 50B60 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 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 SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and the bottom bar is grade 36 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 630 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 530 | |
| 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 2020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 920 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 100 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 750 | |
| 1260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 9.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 45 |
Alloy Composition
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| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0035 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 42 to 47 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 52.3 to 58 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |