AISI 440A Stainless Steel vs. Grade 21 Titanium
AISI 440A stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 20 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 790 | |
| 550 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 1040 | |
| 550 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1790 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1650 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 120 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 65 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 43 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 65 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.4 to 83.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |