Grade 19 Titanium vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S17600 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 17 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 620 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 | |
| 28 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 750 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1300 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.2 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 760 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3040 to 5530 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 72 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 53 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.4 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 57 to 83 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| 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 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71.1 to 77 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |