AISI 440A Stainless Steel vs. Grade 20 Titanium
AISI 440A stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 440A stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 20 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 790 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 1040 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1790 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1650 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 120 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 65 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 43 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 65 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.4 to 83.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| 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 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |