Grade 29 Titanium vs. EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel
Grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4371 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 29 titanium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 45 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 560 | |
| 520 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 320 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 39 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 640 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 100 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3420 to 3540 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 48 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 68 to 69 | |
| 16 |
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 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 66.7 to 74.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88 to 90.9 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |