AISI 310S Stainless Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
AISI 310S stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 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 AISI 310S stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 44 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 310 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.3 to 57 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |