Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4594 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4594 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 610 to 710 | |
| 490 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 1020 to 1170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 810 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 36 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 34 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 72.6 to 79.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| 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 |