Grade 11 Titanium vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
Grade 11 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 316N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 11 titanium and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 230 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 420 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.2 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 800 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 470 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 98.8 to 99.88 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |