EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 20 Titanium
EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 2940 to 5760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |