ASTM B817 Type II vs. AISI 440B Stainless Steel
ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 440B stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 ASTM B817 type II and the bottom bar is AISI 440B stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 13 | |
| 3.0 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 260 to 850 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 740 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 780 to 900 | |
| 430 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 350 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 10 |
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 | |
| 57 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 58 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 47 | |
| 24 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 62 to 66 | |
| 27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| 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 83.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| 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 0.015 |
| 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 |