AISI 316N Stainless Steel vs. Titanium 4-4-2
AISI 316N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316N stainless steel and the bottom bar is titanium 4-4-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 39 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 450 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 690 | |
| 690 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1160 | |
| 1150 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 870 | |
| 1030 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 230 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1880 | |
| 4700 to 5160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 68 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 52 to 55 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 26 | |
| 86 to 93 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| 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), % | 61.9 to 71.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 85.8 to 92.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |