EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. Grade Ti-Pd8A Titanium
EN 1.4855 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade Ti-Pd8A titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade Ti-Pd8A titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 | |
13 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
260 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
40 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
500 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
430 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
420 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
320 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
1660 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
1610 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
540 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
21 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
4.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
49 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 85 | |
840 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
520 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 | |
65 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
880 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
35 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
31 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
31 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
8.6 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
39 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 42.6 to 51.9 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 23 to 25 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.8 to 1.8 | |
0 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
0.12 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
98.8 to 99.9 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |