Titanium 4-4-2 vs. ASTM A229 Spring Steel
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while ASTM A229 spring steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is ASTM A229 spring steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 710 to 790 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 1020 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 1690 to 1890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 1100 to 1230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 3260 to 4080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 60 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 54 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.55 to 0.85 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 97.5 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |