Grade 33 Titanium vs. S36200 Stainless Steel
Grade 33 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S36200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 33 titanium and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
3.4 to 4.6 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
450 to 570 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 240 | |
680 to 810 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 | |
1180 to 1410 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
960 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
820 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.9 | |
2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
12 |
Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 33 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 530 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 | |
46 to 51 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 | |
2380 to 3930 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
42 to 50 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
32 to 36 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.7 | |
4.3 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 | |
40 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
14 to 14.5 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
75.4 to 79.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
6.5 to 7.0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 0.010 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 98.1 to 99.52 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |