EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 26 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 EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |