AISI 414 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 18 Titanium
AISI 414 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 414 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 480 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 50 | |
| 23 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 to 790 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 to 1590 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 34 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 28 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 35 | |
| 47 to 67 |
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 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 87.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |