Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 610 to 710 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 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 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |