EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 29 Titanium
EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 29 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 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 29 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 460 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 550 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 930 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 850 to 870 |
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 | 1400 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 640 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 62 to 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 58 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 47 to 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 68 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 88 to 90.9 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |