Grade 21 Titanium vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |