AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 29 Titanium
AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 31 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 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 29 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 430 | |
| 460 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 80 | |
| 17 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 690 | |
| 550 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 930 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 850 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.3 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 640 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 62 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 3420 to 3540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 47 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 68 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 88 to 90.9 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |