EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 36 Titanium
EN 1.4006 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 36 titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 23 | |
11 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 300 | |
300 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.36 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
39 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 460 | |
320 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 750 | |
530 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 510 | |
520 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
370 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
320 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
2020 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1950 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
420 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
6.3 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
58 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
920 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
130 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 110 | |
59 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 660 | |
1260 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
9.3 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 27 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 24 | |
23 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 26 | |
45 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0035 |
Iron (Fe), % | 83.1 to 88.4 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
42 to 47 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.16 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
52.3 to 58 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |