S35500 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 31 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 S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 690 to 730 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 33 to 42 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 810 to 910 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1330 to 1490 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1200 to 1280 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3610 to 4100 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 to 53 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 37 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 49 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 77.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |