S46500 Stainless Steel vs. Titanium 6-6-2
S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while titanium 6-6-2 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is titanium 6-6-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 6.7 to 9.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 590 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 670 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 1140 to 1370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 1040 to 1230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 470 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 89 to 99 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 66 to 79 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 50 to 57 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 75 to 90 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 82.8 to 87.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |