Grade 20 Titanium vs. S17400 Stainless Steel
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 380 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 23 | |
| 40 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 570 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 910 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 580 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 880 to 4060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 32 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 30 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 70.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 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 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 |