Grade 36 Titanium vs. S36200 Stainless Steel
Grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S36200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 36 titanium and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 3.4 to 4.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 450 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 680 to 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 1180 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 | |
| 960 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 820 |
| 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 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 58 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 920 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 46 to 51 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 | |
| 2380 to 3930 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 42 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 32 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 45 | |
| 40 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 14.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0035 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 75.4 to 79.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.0 |
| 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 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 52.3 to 58 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |