AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 28 Titanium
AISI 403 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 28 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 28 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 340 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 47 to 50 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 1370 to 3100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 47 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 95.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |