S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 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 S46910 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, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 29 to 63 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 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 |