EN 1.4005 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 28 Titanium
EN 1.4005 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 28 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4005 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 28 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 21 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 450 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 500 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 650 | |
| 1370 to 3100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 47 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.4 to 87.8 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 95.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |