Materials, Properties and Design 
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· The diagram shows the log-log plot of strength versus density and the pink band crossing the diagram is for (σy2/3/ρ) = 25, a plausible design value for a front fork application. Red dots on the various material fields locate possible material candidates and the final selection should then examine their other properties.
 
From: Ashby, Materials Selection, Pergamon (1993)