EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ERTi-5
EN 1.4596 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS ERTi-5 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS ERTi-5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1600 | |
| 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 56 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 39 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 54 | |
| 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.4 to 76.4 | |
| 0 to 0.22 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.9 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.2 to 10.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.28 to 0.4 | |
| 88.2 to 90.9 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |