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Grade 6 Titanium vs. EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel

Grade 6 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4935 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 6 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4935 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
16 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
350 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
76
Shear Strength, MPa 530
480 to 540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890
780 to 880
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 840
570 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 310
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1580
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1530
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 550
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.8
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.4
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
9.0
Density, g/cm3 4.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 30
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 480
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3390
830 to 1160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 55
28 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 46
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 65
27 to 30

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.17 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
83 to 86.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Titanium (Ti), % 89.8 to 94
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0