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EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. Titanium 6-7

EN 1.4749 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while titanium 6-7 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 26 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 EN 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is titanium 6-7.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
120
Elongation at Break, % 16
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
45
Shear Strength, MPa 370
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1700
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
520
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
75
Density, g/cm3 7.6
5.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
34
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
540
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
3460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
32
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
66

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
5.5 to 6.5
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.0090
Iron (Fe), % 68.5 to 73.7
0 to 0.25
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.5 to 7.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
6.5 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0 to 0.050
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
84.9 to 88