EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 18 Titanium
EN 1.3967 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1070 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.3 to 57.8 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |