Grade 23 Titanium vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
Grade 23 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 23 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 11 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 500 | |
| 470 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 570 | |
| 520 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 830 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 61 to 100 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3430 to 3560 | |
| 1350 to 1790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 67 to 68 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.013 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 75.9 to 82.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88.1 to 91 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |