SAE-AISI M44 Steel vs. Grade 20 Titanium
SAE-AISI M44 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M44 steel and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 2290 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.9 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 75 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 70 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.1 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 4.8 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11 to 12.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 70.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 7.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 5.0 to 5.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.9 to 2.2 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |