Grade 21 Titanium vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 21 titanium and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |