Titanium 4-4-2 vs. Austempered Cast Iron
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 1.1 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 19 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 880 to 3970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 3.4 to 3.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 89.6 to 94 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |