Grade 5 Titanium vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 to 25 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |