Grade 20 Titanium vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4568 stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 2.3 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 520 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 830 to 1620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 330 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 36 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 290 to 5710 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 30 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 25 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 70.9 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |