EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 16 Titanium
EN 1.4421 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 16 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 16 titanium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
240 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
38 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1100 | |
400 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 950 | |
340 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
420 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
320 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1660 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1610 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
540 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
22 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
9.2 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
3.6 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
7.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
4.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
36 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
600 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
230 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
86 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 960 to 2270 | |
550 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
35 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 39 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
8.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 39 | |
29 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 80.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
0.040 to 0.080 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
98.8 to 99.96 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |