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Grade 36 Titanium vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

Grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 304L 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 36 titanium and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.36
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
77
Shear Strength, MPa 320
370 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 520
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 320
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 2020
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1950
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.1
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 6.3
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 58
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 920
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 59
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1260
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 9.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
19 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 45
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.0035
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.030
65 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 12
Niobium (Nb), % 42 to 47
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.1
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 52.3 to 58
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0