EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 36 Titanium
EN 1.4424 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 (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 36 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 370 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 500 | |
| 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 2020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 920 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 640 | |
| 1260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 9.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0035 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 68.6 to 72.4 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 42 to 47 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.4 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 52.3 to 58 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |