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EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 21 Titanium

EN 1.4482 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium 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 1.4482 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
140
Elongation at Break, % 34
9.0 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420 to 450
550 to 660
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
51
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 530
550 to 790
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 800
890 to 1340
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 530 to 570
870 to 1170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
310
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1740
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1690
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
7.5
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
7.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
60
Density, g/cm3 7.7
5.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
32
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
490
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230 to 250
110 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 690 to 820
2760 to 5010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
32
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 29
46 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 25
38 to 50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 22
66 to 100

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
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 0.4
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.6
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
2.2 to 3.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.17
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
76 to 81.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4

Comparable Variants