ASTM B817 Type II vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 ASTM B817 type II and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 13 | |
14 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
340 to 550 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
760 to 1130 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 780 to 900 | |
430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 350 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
12 |
Density, g/cm3 | 4.6 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 40 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 650 | |
39 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 to 120 | |
150 to 220 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2890 to 3890 | |
470 to 2370 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 58 | |
28 to 41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 47 | |
24 to 31 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 62 to 66 | |
16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
17 to 19 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
61.2 to 69 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
11.5 to 14.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
2.3 to 3.7 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.060 |
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 |