AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. Grade Ti-Pd8A Titanium
AISI 416 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd8A titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 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 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd8A titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 320 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 680 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 6.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 840 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 520 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
| 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 98.8 to 99.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |