MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI M2 Steel vs. Titanium 15-3-3-3

SAE-AISI M2 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M2 steel and the bottom bar is titanium 15-3-3-3.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
39
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 2150
1120 to 1390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
390
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
520
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 22
8.1
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
40
Density, g/cm3 8.4
4.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.8
59
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
950
Embodied Water, L/kg 98
260

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
32
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 71
64 to 80
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 44
50 to 57
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.9
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27 to 76
79 to 98

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 460
Aluminum (Al), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 1.1
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 3.8 to 4.5
2.5 to 3.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.015
Iron (Fe), % 78.5 to 83.4
0 to 0.25
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.13
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
72.6 to 78.5
Tungsten (W), % 5.5 to 6.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.8 to 2.2
14 to 16
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4