AISI 415 Stainless Steel vs. Grade Ti-Pd8A Titanium
AISI 415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd8A 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 415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd8A titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 28 | |
| 21 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 840 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 520 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1250 | |
| 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 8.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 | |
| 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.8 to 84 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.8 to 99.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |