Grade 5 Titanium vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4612 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 5 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 58 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 71.5 to 75.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10.2 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |