S17400 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 19 Titanium
S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium 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 S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 19 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 5.6 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 670 | |
| 550 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 62 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 to 830 | |
| 550 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 890 to 1300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 760 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 3040 to 5530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 49 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 41 to 53 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 57 to 83 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 71.1 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |