AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. R58150 Titanium
AISI 304LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R58150 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is R58150 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.8 to 46 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 440 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 52 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 680 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1160 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 870 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1760 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 48 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 270 | |
| 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1900 | |
| 1110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 41 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 73.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 83.5 to 86 |