SAE-AISI 8630 Steel vs. Grade 36 Titanium
SAE-AISI 8630 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 8630 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 24 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 410 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 680 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 2020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 920 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 110 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 to 840 | |
| 1260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 9.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 23 | |
| 45 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0035 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 97.9 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 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 |