EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 17 Titanium
EN 1.4482 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 17 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4482 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 17 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 38 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 530 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 800 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 570 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 3.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 600 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 to 250 | |
| 68 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 690 to 820 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 9.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.1 to 74.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 99.015 to 99.96 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |