MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade 37 Titanium vs. S41050 Stainless Steel

Grade 37 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S41050 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 37 titanium and the bottom bar is S41050 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
190
Elongation at Break, % 22
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
76
Shear Strength, MPa 240
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 420
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 310
720
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1650
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1600
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.9
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.4
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 6.8
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
7.0
Density, g/cm3 4.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 31
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 500
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
97

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.4
7.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 2.0
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0
10.5 to 12.5
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
84.2 to 88.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.6 to 1.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.1
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 96.9 to 99
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0