R58150 Titanium vs. SAE-AISI H12 Steel
R58150 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H12 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R58150 titanium and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H12 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 52 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 690 to 1850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1760 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.4 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 48 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 31 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 76 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 24 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 | |
| 22 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 87.8 to 91.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 83.5 to 86 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |