S15700 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 20 Titanium
S15700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium 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 S15700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 29 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 770 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 to 1070 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1890 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1770 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 270 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 640 to 4660 | |
| 2940 to 5760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 67 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 43 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 to 63 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |