Grade 20 Titanium vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S17700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 890 |
| 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 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| 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 |