Grade Ti-Pd8A Titanium vs. S38815 Stainless Steel
Grade Ti-Pd8A titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S38815 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 Ti-Pd8A titanium and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 840 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 520 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 56.1 to 67 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.12 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 99.9 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |