Grade 17 Titanium vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Grade 17 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 17 titanium and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.7 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 36 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 600 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 99.015 to 99.96 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |