Grade 19 Titanium vs. AISI 440B Stainless Steel
Grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 440B stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 grade 19 titanium and the bottom bar is AISI 440B stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 17 | |
| 3.0 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 620 | |
| 260 to 850 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 750 | |
| 460 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1300 | |
| 740 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 430 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.2 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 760 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 57 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 72 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 53 | |
| 24 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.4 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 57 to 83 | |
| 27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 78.2 to 83.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71.1 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |