ASTM B817 Type II vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 431 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B817 type II and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 13 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 780 to 900 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 350 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 40 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 650 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 to 120 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2890 to 3890 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 58 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 47 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 62 to 66 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.1 to 87.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |