Grade 36 Titanium vs. EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel
Grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4024 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 36 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4024 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 15 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 2020 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1950 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 58 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 920 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 98 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 | |
| 280 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 45 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.12 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0035 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 83.8 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 42 to 47 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 52.3 to 58 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |