Grade 18 Titanium vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 grade 18 titanium and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 480 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 23 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 980 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 810 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1640 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 41 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 670 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 110 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 to 3110 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 43 to 61 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 49 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 to 67 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 92.5 to 95.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |