Grade 5 Titanium vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |