Titanium 4-4-2 vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 20 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |