EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 20 Titanium
EN 1.4301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
120 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
5.7 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
550 to 630 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
47 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 550 | |
560 to 740 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
900 to 1270 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
400 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
370 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1660 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1600 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
520 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
5.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
52 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
860 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
350 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
71 to 150 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 820 | |
2940 to 5760 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
33 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
50 to 70 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
41 to 52 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
3.0 to 4.0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
5.5 to 6.5 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 4.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.12 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
0.040 to 0.080 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
71 to 77 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
7.5 to 8.5 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 4.5 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |