EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel vs. Titanium 15-3-3-3
EN 1.4107 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 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 EN 1.4107 stainless steel and the bottom bar is titanium 15-3-3-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 5.7 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 610 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 1120 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 570 | |
| 1100 to 1340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 9.8 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 950 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 78 to 89 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 64 to 80 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 50 to 57 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 79 to 98 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.8 to 87.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 72.6 to 78.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |