Grade 21 Titanium vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 431 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 550 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |