Grade 23 Titanium vs. S28200 Stainless Steel
Grade 23 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S28200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 23 titanium and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 11 | |
45 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 500 | |
430 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.28 |
Reduction in Area, % | 30 | |
57 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 570 | |
610 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
870 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
460 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
900 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
1330 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
12 |
Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
41 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
160 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 61 to 100 | |
330 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3430 to 3560 | |
540 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
27 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 67 to 68 | |
17 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
17 to 19 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0.75 to 1.3 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.013 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
57.7 to 64.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
17 to 19 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.75 to 1.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.4 to 0.6 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 88.1 to 91 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |